Re: [44net] Portal volunteers [was: Verifying the identities of IP coordinators]

Alternatively, my opinion is that Chris would get more help if the project were open sourced. Now instead of recruiting volunteers, he will have contributors. This allows for a lot more flexibility. For example, a ham in one part of the world is stuck at home on a rainy weekend is setting up an AMPR system and encounters a bug. Meanwhile, Chris is enjoying a weekend away from the computer in a part of the world with more favorable weather. With an open source project, the first ham can dig around for the bug and send Chris a patch without any pre-approval. When Chris returns, he can vet the patch before applying it to the SVN [or whatever technology] repo. This significantly lowers the bar for volunteers and administration. If the portal is open sourced, expect a patch from me within the first week.