Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 20:30:21 -0600
To: debian-devel <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: long term goals of debian membership
From: Donald J Bindner <dbindner@vh224401.truman.edu>

I am currently working through the NM process with my AM, and I
have some observations.

I sat in the queue for some time, which seemed quite lengthy
until I actually started the NM process.  Almost as soon as I
started the process, I had let time slip by and after a week or
so my AM sent me a message saying essentially "are you there?"
Suddenly I see why this can take a while.

Personally I am quite gratified to see some detail in the
process.  Several of the questions I have been given have been
subtle enough that I wanted to think about them some before
answering.  I have always appreciated the care put into the
distribution in general, and the NM process is seeming to reflect
that.

Last the process has the feel of being collaborative to me in the
sense that I don't fear that I will "fail" and be disallowed
membership.  Rather I expect that if I make mistakes, they will
become short discussion topics with my AM before we go on to the
next level.  In short if I do my homework and progress, I fully
expect to finish the process.


One practical point:  Someone pointed out that by definition, you
won't get an AM assigned to you until you have reached "Maximum
days".  It would have been easier to wait if I had realized this
at the time rather than thinking "I have been past the average
for some time now..."  Perhaps I should suggest that the web page
make this fact a little clearer.

Don

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Don Bindner <dbindner@truman.edu>


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