[consulting] Closing down the consulting mailing list?

Tue Aug 24 14:27:46 UTC 2010

The issue has never been about stopping discussion, it's been about
closing one venue in favor of some better ones or improving this one.

Regards,
Greg

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On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:47 AM, Don <donald at fane.com> wrote:
> I know that programmers tend to be control freaks, but this whole "do what I
> say or we'll close the list" seems way over board. Some of you are letting
> occasional topics that for some obsessive compulsive reason you can't ignore
> and just delete ruin a list that works just fine. If I leave the list, it
> will be from the temper tantrums, not the so called off-topic conversations.
>
> -Don-
>
> On 8/24/2010 12:45 AM, Adam Mordecai wrote:
>
> There's some internal debate about how we are going to be reforming the
> list, however, I think there is a general consensus that this is a
> completely appropriate venue to find consultants to work on your project.
> Thanks for your patience while we work out the internal debate issues and
> welcome to the list. :) Feel free to use it to find people to work with.
> Cheers,
> -A
> On Aug 23, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Teresa K Pudi wrote:
> 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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