[consulting] Closing down the consulting mailing list?

[Therese Kells]

Hi Folks,

I joined this group several years ago. I used to be an employment recruiter
back when companies still needed people like me. At the time, I wrote to the
group and asked if it was OK to look for Drupal Consultants to support a
project my current contract needed help on. (bty I was an inside recruiter
working under contract to a start up.) No one, responded! So I sent out an
email to the group, presenting what I was given by my client. I received 3
responses and put them all in touch with the hiring manager who could speak
intelligently to the project. (speaking intelligently to the project was a
plus. I know that is not always the case.) The manager was blown away. He
had never gotten such highly qualified folks so quickly. The project
unfortunately changed and was postponed. Such is the nature of start ups.
Why wouldn't you want someone like me to post project requests to this
group? It worked and everyone won. Sure the project changed but I guarantee
those consultants are still in this guys Rolodex. What harm?

OK, so why am I still here? I'm self employed. You folks actually talk
intelligently to the ins and outs of being self employed. It's hard work and
it's lonely. It still beats the hell out of wage slavery. I hardly ever
write to you but I read what you have to say and gain from the stuff that is
pertinent to my situation. I have great deal of gratitude to you for your
tips and insights.

Would you really kick me out because I'm not a Drupal consultant?

Thanks,
Therese



On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Sam Cohen <sam at samcohen.com> wrote:

> Serious question here:  Who is it that would make a decision such as
> closing down this list?  Is this one person's decision?  A committee?  How
> would it be decided, etc?
>
> I just posted on DGO a suggestion to elect a moderator.  Let's let anyone
> who would like to see the list go on and want to moderate it post what they
> think the guidelines should be.  Then everyone can vote for a moderator.
> Seems that would be a way to make this list serve the needs of its members
> in a fair way.
>
> Sam
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Greg Knaddison <
> Greg at growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Michael Shmilov <yamdesigns at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I think this list is very important but lately to much off-topics.
>> > and obviously we can't expect someone to moderate/filter the topics.
>> >
>> > How about making this list to an rss feed? I find it very useful and we
>> can
>> > easily browse it.
>>
>> There are multiple rss feeds for every group on groups.drupal.org.
>>
>> If we moved the conversation there, you could use those.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Greg
>>
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