On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoar...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Outsource it to someone who has the knowledge and interest in doing > this. The foundation has the funds to support it, and none of us > actually have the time to invest in a complete webpage redesign.
Before we considered undertaking this, we need somebody with a long-term Gentoo commitment (preferably a dev or docs team member, or even forum moderators or similar role) who would be in a leadership position. You don't just hire somebody and point them at your website and say, "make it better." I'd like to see somebody with passion/vision leading this rather than the collective groans of the mailing lists (valid as they may be). To be useful it needs to be maintained as well. If bringing in a professional is what it takes to get us over the hump into sustainability then I'm all for it. However, I don't think we have all our bases covered yet. We might find that once we address the long-term care of our site the need to bring in a professional goes away. However, if we get a vibrant team together to care for the site I'm sure the Trustees will weigh their recommendations heavily. We generally don't bikeshed - if infra says they need to replace a hard drive we pay for it. If the web site had a similar team caring for it I'm sure we'd work with them, and likely let them lead the interviews as well. As a volunteer distro the first preference is of course that we fix things ourselves. However, I fully recognize that good web development is a skillset. Rich
