[consulting] Closing down the consulting mailing list?

[Teresa K Pudi]

I joined this group recently because I was under the impression that I  
will be connected to skilled consultants.

After several Drupal projects with lots of hard work to select the  
skills desired this group seemed very atractive to me.

I was hoping to be able to reach out to this group for help on a  
project i am currently working on: a website redesign.

We are in the process of defining requirements and will be looking for  
developer(s) soon.

Is this the wrong group for me?  Is there another group U should be  
joining?

Please, advise...

Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Therese Kells <therese.kells at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> 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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