Agreed on opening a new ticket at the appropriate time. I think if we can have the discussion on TRAC, there will be a pool of potential volunteers reading the info, one of them may step up. I could also get someone to help out if need be, since it doesn't seem there's any difficult membership requirements to be a moderator? That is an important data point, knowing what the criteria and responsibilities are.
Re Russ' excellent reference/suggestion ("...most of this applies to discussions of any ticket:
http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/trac/wiki/GettingStarted
... I think this is a good beginning for a guide to using the Trac system for CF Conventions development."):
I (with my MMI hat on) would be willing to create a revised, generic version of that document per my own understandings, including appropriate information from the existing background material on the CF web (which isn't bad, just minimalist), if that helps improve the documentation for the processes.
John
At 8:19 AM +0100 6/27/08, Jonathan Gregory wrote:
>Dear John
>
>The trac system is evidently being used for detailed discussion as well as
>proposals, and it has advantages for that. If that is done, however, it might
>be best to close the discussion ticket and open a new one when a definite
>proposal is made. That's just my opinion; we don't have any rules about this.
>To get a change agreed to the conventions, a moderator is definitely needed,
>and the template should be used, to make sure required info is provided. A
>discussion on trac doesn't have such requirements.
>
>To engage a moderator, you could appeal for a volunteer when you open the
>ticket, either in the ticket itself or on the email list. It is not clear
>to me how this should best be done or how potential moderators can be
>encouraged to volunteer.
>
>Best wishes
>
>Jonathan
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