[volunteergrid2-l] Growth

[Brad Rupp]

I'm fine with this.  In fairness to the Wiki procedures, I think that 
Jody also made the change to help control bots that were signing up. 
Correct me if I am wrong Jody.

Brad

On 1/29/2012 9:32 AM, Shawn Willden wrote:
> I think the VG2 grid is right on the edge of being awesome, but we need
> a few more nodes to get there.  Clearly we need to recruit more people,
> but I'm wondering if our approach here isn't putting too many obstacles
> in front of the people who do want to join.  Specifically, our approach
> to controlling access to the introducer information via the wiki.
>
> It's not a bad idea, but the way it works, requiring an existing user to
> add an account on behalf of a new user, tends to create a significant
> delay, and I think it annoys people.  Further, I don't think it's
> necessary.  We have an access-controlled mailing list here, as long as
> we get peoples' commitment to abide by the policies before they join the
> mailing list, I don't see any reason why we can't just post the
> information here.
>
> I propose that the list admins vet new users by e-mailing them the link
> to the wiki and getting their agreement to the policies before approving
> their list membership, and that we feel free to post the introducer
> FURL, etc. on this list.
>
> Comments?
>
> --
> Shawn
>
>
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