[consulting] List Mom Policies

[John Sechrest]

This list mom's have been talking a bit about having a written
policy about what goes on the consultant list. This is how far
we got in our discussion today. I think this will be the 
practice we will try to follow at this point. 



 Consulting list Policy:

 	   Mission: The mission of the consulting list is to enhance
 		    drupal consulting by enabling consultant to
 		    consultant conversations, especially the sharing
 		    of best practices.


 	   Process: This list is a collection of professionals who
 		    provide Drupal services from strategy to design to
 		    development. As such, this list is a high quality
 		    conversation, with participants working to
 		    maximize the signal to noise ratio.


 	  What is in: On this list it is great to talk about:

 		     * Current projects, architecture
 		     * RFP's -> Request for proposals
 		     * Request for subcontract help
 		     * Contracting issues
 		     * Consulting Marketing
 		     * Consulting support documents
 		     * Sharing/suggestions on best practices to approach 
		       a particular problem
		     * Announcements/requests for RFP collaboration
				 -> Details go offlist	      


 	  What is off: On this list is it is a problem to talk about:
 		       (Do not do it)

 		      *	Pricing on list ( Illegal -> price fixing)
 		      * How do I code X -> Use the development list
 		      * How do I use drupal (as a user) -> 
			    Use the support list
 		      * organizing conferences -> 
			    Use the conference list
		      * Details of a particular RFP collaboration ->
			    Keep details off list, post summary at end.(1) 





	Footnotes: 

	(1) - As an example of an RFP collaboration: 

	      Person1 posts: RFP #xyz: I have a project $XYZ that
			       looks like $ABC and I would like to
			       have proposals submited.  please reply
			       off list.

	     Person2 posts:   I've responded, and could use a partner to do $X
	     Person3 posts:   I've responded to $X off list.... 

	     Person1 posts: RFP #XYZ: RFP summary: We got a good response
			    to the RFP and we are succesful meeting our
			    needs. (or not as the case may be)