Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:47:50 -0500 (CDT) From: roberto urrea <rurrea@UWinnipeg.ca> To: "Anthony C. Chavez" <magus@xmission.com> Cc: freebsd-mozilla@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: please put my name on your list Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.980629114709.18487A-100000@io.uwinnipeg.ca> In-Reply-To: <87ogw3ky3u.fsf@magus.users.xmission.com>
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intermediate-level C programmer _________________________________________________________________________ Roberto Urrea rurrea@uwinnipeg.ca Technical Support Services University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9 CANADA Tel:(204)786-9830 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On 8 Jun 1998, Anthony C. Chavez wrote: > Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz> writes: > > > Is it worth doing a kind of "hands-up" on who is actually subscribed to > > this list _and_ interested in hacking the source? > > > > I'm keen to get my hands dirty - but there seems hardly any point doing > > anything on my own if other people are already checking source in and out > > on a regular basis. If there is nothing coordinated going on, and other > > people are interested, could we get something started? > > What a great idea. :-) All right, hands up who wants to get busy coding? > <raises hand> > > I'm definitely interested in putting some effort into the project. I'm an > intermediate-level C programmer who is just *aching* to get a real test of his > abilities. > > I believe in "deeds, not words," so I will appoint myself the following duty > unless anyone objects. > > I will start taking the names and corresponding e-mail addresses down for those > interested in putting work into the project. If you want your name and e-mail > put on the list, compose a message to the *mailing list*, not me directly. And > do it now, not tomorrow. Everybody should know everyone else (or at least have > a good idea of the numbers). > > A couple of questions: > > (1) Does anyone know if a certain individual is in charge of the Mozilla > project web page at http://www.FreeBSD.org/mozilla.html? > (2) If not, does anyone know how we are supposed to submit pages to the web > site? > (3) Who is currently working on the project? SPEAK UP! > > I would suggest that we start immediately on a web page for the project, > placing on it the list of names that I collect as a start. I would gladly > volunteer for this responsibility as well, if nobody objects. Eventually, > with college a (very) large factor, I won't be able to moderate the web page on > my own, so I'll need volunteers for assistance. > > We need to assimilate and start work (together) on the following items: > > (1) An agenda. Basically a list of needs, wants, and parallels to > mozilla.org's wish-list. Eventually this should tie in with the name > list to show appointed responsibilities. > (2) An advocacy group if necessary. This group would go around to various > FreeBSD newsgroups, mailing lists, IRC channels, etc. to find > *seriously* interested parties who would like to contribute. Once the > name list levels off and we have a clear idea of who (so far) is > interested, this group should be assembled and deployed. > (3) A FAQ. It's not too early to start work on a FAQ that we can place on > the web page and maintain as time goes by. > > It's a bit late here and I'm getting sleepy, so if anyone else has any other > ideas, feel free to contribute! Let's not let this project die a miserable, > flaming death! > > -- > Anthony Chavez <magus@xmission.com> > > Ph'nglui mglw'nafh "BOB" D'lyeh Wgah'nagl Dhobbz f'htagn. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mozilla" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mozilla" in the body of the message
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