[Listwork] Ben volunteering for Listwork, was: Resigning from tech work

[Alster]

Hi Ben,

On 05.03.2012 02:28 Ben Dean-Kawamura wrote:
> Thank you so much for compiling this Alster.  I've been lurking on these
> lists for a while and would like to start stepping up to help out.  The
> doc was really helpful to me.  I think there are a lot of big picture
> things going on here, but for my part I think I'm going to just try to
> find a bite-sized piece to attack and do my best at that.

to me, this sounds like a good way to get started.

> Speaking of lurking.  I've been on the listwork email list for a while,
> but haven't done any actual work yet.  How can I start?  Is there
> anything that needs to be done right now?  Are there any lists needing
> to be created?  Is there a way I can be ready to step up when the next
> request is made?  Please advice.

There are some pending requests on both SoS, the request ticketing
system, as well as on the listwork mailing list archives now. I don't
really remember which level of access you have at this time or whether
you already sent a roll call and whether there s an IMC backing your
volunteering for Listwork. If the active Listworker(s) continue to
handle incoming requests for changes the same way it was done in the
past then, to be able to respond to inbound requests, you will at the
very least need an account on the SoS request ticketing system. However,
to carry out any changes you will at least need the shared 'Mailman site
password' which grants you unrestricted access to the
https://lists.indymedia.org web interface, but more likely will you need
system level access, too. So I suggest to handle this the same way as I
just suggested to dpdt1:

> If I recall correctly, there have never been Listworkers who were not
> also involved with (and could demonstrate to have the backing of) a
> local IMC. On the other hand, there surely is an utter lack of active
> volunteers in Listwork, which can possibly change things. So unless you
> can show that you have the backing of an active IMC which had passed the
> IMC process back when it worked, you will need to convince the Listwork
> volunteer who just joined Listwork (and who I think will introduce
> himself on the Listwork mailing list soon) as well as any remaining
> 'legacy' Listworkers who still reserve the right to have a say, if any.
> Considering myself a legacy and quitting Listwork volunteer, I will
> abstain on this topic.

Alster
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