We need more roadies in jazzband

[Mogost]

There is a feeling that too much load fell on @jezdez . It would be worthwhile to find someone else who would take on this role. I think at least another 2-3 people should be with this role.
Perhaps one might think about co-roadies role.

[jezdez]

Thanks for raising this, indeed this isn't just a feeling, but in the past few months in particular (and also to some extent before) it was harder for me to make time in my spare time between my personal health issues in February and March and then the lock down that had a tremendous impact on the amount of spare time for working on Jazzband.

I have had plans to extend the roadies again and had multiple people reach out to me and volunteer. Whether that's still the case under the current situation with the impact of COVID-19 on everybody's life I don't know yet. I still plan to roll out those changes over the course of the coming months. Please stay tuned and thanks for raising the issue here.

[jstockwin]

Hey! Whilst I've not had much interaction with JazzBand before, I'd be very happy to help out and can give at least a few hours each week.

I/my company use quite a few JazzBand maintained packages, and have done so for a while. We'd love to give some time back and help out. For example, we'd be happy to take over project lead on some packages (e.g. see #195, which is from a colleague). I appreciate there's a different between a Roadie and a Project Lead, but I'd personally be happy to do some of the more admin-related tasks of a Roadie.

Is it possible to have a few basic details of what this would entail? (I.e. time commitment, the sorts of tasks expected, etc).

Thanks!

[manelclos]

Hi @jezdez, I'd like to become a Roadie, or help in some way. In the past months where you were unavailable I felt like being in the same situation as with those great projects that are not maintained any more, i.e. Jazzband itself suffering from the same problem it wants (and it is!) solving. Please add more Roadies, and keep up the good work!

[Archmonger]

@jezdez This is becoming a critical issue. Several projects within Jazzband are facing deprecation due to inactive project leads (with no way appoint new ones), and several incoming project proposals aren't getting pulled into Jazzband.

I'm willing to volunteer as a roadie if it means we can maintain the longevity of everything under the Jazzband umbrella.

[Archmonger]

@jstockwin @aleksihakli @manelclos

Since it has been over a year, I'm reaching out to previous participants on this thread to see if individuals still have an open interest in becoming roadies.

Reply back (or add an emoji reaction to this comment) if you're still available for volunteering for this.

I'll pester jezdez some more about this once I confirm everyone's availability 👀

[jstockwin]

Still available and happy to help out where I can