On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Neil Coetzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > As a relatively young team I would like to seek advice from some of the > more experienced teams around the world. > > When the Zimbabwe Team was initially formed, there was a lot of > enthusiasm and a number of people signed up. However, we have never seen > or heard from many of them since, despite our attempt to get them > involved and motivate them. It has come down to a handful of people > doing all the work while most others do not participate at all. We have > monthly meetings, but it is always the same old faces (and sometimes > totally new faces who have not joined the team yet). On 1st November we > held the first ever Ubuntu Release Party in Zimbabwe, and only four team
This is an issue common not only in online technical projects but also real time on-ground volunteer driven projects. Since people come and go, the lack of active members does not necessarily reflect on the way your project works impo. As suggested, you could setup expiry time-stamps for online participation. For active participation in ground events try creating task-based teams for loco events management.... flexible and modular so that a person with say 3 hours in a weekend could "get $n posters printed" or "promote foo-bar talk at 2 local universities" or <add task of choice>. Breaking up tasks allows more people to participate and does not overload and frustrate older members. HTH, Vid || http://www.svaksha.com || -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
