[consulting] Encourage people to post jobs on groups

[Eric Tucker]

I don't know about everyone else, but I can scan a subject line and see "RFP" and decide to/not to read or even filter.

I think on a consulting list, the RFP's add value to people on the list and also let others who are not necessarily going to respond to the RFP to understand what RFP's are out there.

Eric

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Sechrest" <sechrest at jas.peak.org>
To: "A list for Drupal consultants and Drupal service/hosting providers" <consulting at drupal.org>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 3:05:00 PM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: Re: [consulting] Encourage people to post jobs on groups


Personally, I am fine with RFP's showing up on the consulting list. 
They generate interesting side conversations.

It is not the case that groups pages or the forums pages do an
adequate job of managing the RFP, find-a-consultant process.  And
given the wide range of how people use the tools, I see no problem
with people posting requests. 

I also see no problem with people on the list dissecting the request
and driving future posts into a higher quality.

I do have a problem with posts that are "I can do this" to the list, and it is clear that
the RFP was not even read and understood. 

--- johns


"William Smith" <william.darren at gmail.com> writes:

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 % > My particular question was about jobs being sent to this email
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 % Mostly.  Not enough people know about the group, and I'd prefer that things
 % get sent to the list rather than not get posted at all, and certainly prefer
 % it over solicitations ending up scattershot across the various *lance*.*
 % sites where they are unlikely to be stumbled upon.
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 % Dries' point that there should only be either the forum /or/ the group aside
 % - as I don't have an opinion on that, really, but largely agree with you
 % that the forum is unwieldy for this purpose - his other point that the
 % groups area needs to be better promoted rings true.
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 % This is a pretty low volume list.  I'd rather not mess with RFPs and such
 % being posted on it if it means those requests largely disappearing from view
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 % <div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">My particular question was about jobs being sent to this email<br>list....so far, folks seem to be in favor of &quot;p
  lease post on the web,
 % <br>don&#39;t send it to this list&quot;.</blockquote><div><br>Mostly.&nbsp; Not enough people know about the group, and I&#39;d prefer that things get sent to the list rather than not get posted at all, and certainly prefer it over solicitations endin
  g up scattershot across the various *lance*.* sites where they are unlikely to be stumbled upon.
 % <br><br>Dries&#39; point that there should only be either the forum /or/ the group aside - as I don&#39;t have an opinion on that, really, but largely agree with you that the forum is unwieldy for this purpose - his other point that the groups area nee
  ds to be better promoted rings true. 
 % <br></div><br>This is a pretty low volume list.&nbsp; I&#39;d rather not mess with RFPs and such being posted on it if it means those requests largely disappearing from view entirely.<br></div><br>William<br>
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