open account requests

[Nicu Buculei]

Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Mike McGrath wrote:
>> This is a common failing IMHO as well.  Lots of users think that all they
>> have to do is show up and apply in a group and they're in the team and 
>> the
>> fact is that the account system is a side affect of being on a team, not
>> the actual way to be on a team.
> 
> I've tried to explain over and over that you don't need an FAS account 
> to modify the wiki nor to create artwork, but people still send in many, 
> many requests to be added to the art group. It doesn't make sense to me.

It seems that lately the number of membership requests for the Art group 
increases very quickly (today I got a couple of those in my inbox).
Below is the message I send to each applicant. In the most cases it is 
not followed and I delete the request after 2 weeks, but some will 
follow with an introduction to the mailing list and a few of them became 
contributors (but very few compared with the number of membership requests).
I also had a few people replying to my personal email and I followed 
with additional details (for example one person replied he will go on 
with membership at a later time, when he will have more free time).

This make me think that if we had a page shown by the application with 
some introduction and rules maybe that would also help reduce the number 
of useless requests (from people who do not follow up).

And one more thing: I dont' know what to understand from requests like 
this, where the person has not even signed the CLA:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/view/astroweb
Is this a bot or a person that does not understand even the basics? Or 
the web application does a really bad job of informing him about the basics?


-------- Original Message --------
Hi name,

I am Nicu Buculei, one of the sponsors or the Art group in the Fedora
Account system (FAS).

I write to you as a follow-up to your request to join our group. We
receive a lot of such requests, some of them coming from people unknown
to us or inactive in the Art Team.

If you want to join this group, please subscribe to the Fedora-Art
mailing list [1] and write a small introduction,allowing us to know you.
Also if you want to show us your capabilities, please have a look at our
jobs queue [2] try to accomplish an open task from there and post it to
the list.

Note that if you will not act in any way, after 2 weeks your request
will be deleted automatically.

Be aware that membership in the Art group of the FAS is not a
requirement to participate in the project, to post or answer questions
on the mailing list, on IRC or to use the Wiki, it is a privilege
granted to established contributors.


[1] - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/
[2] - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/DesignService
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