[cc-general] RE: Is there anybody out there?

[Joseph M. <mo...@st...>]

Ok, its been a week and I've heard from 3 people, two of whom have notified
me that they wish to leave the proect, that leaves one that is staying on
the project.

After I send this email there will be only 2 people working on this project
officially. If you have not expressed interest to stay you will be removed
from the project and the general and devel lists, however I will keep you on
the announce list if you want to stay informed.

This doesn't mean I won't let you back on the project if you were removed as
long as you are ready to help.

Franklin, I'll be contacting you shortly to discuss how this project is
going to procede.

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Joseph Monti
Code Connector Project Manager
Cou...@us...
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-----Original Message-----
From: cod...@li...
[mailto:cod...@li...] On Behalf Of
Joseph Monti
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 9:05 AM
To: cod...@li...
Subject: [cc-general] is there anybody out here?

Hi everyone,

It has gotten to the point where communication has come to a halt. It is
also the case that I have seen nothing from anyone as far as the task
assignments go on SourceForge and the requests I've made as far as design
goes. Yes, I have seen good comments and suggestions. I have also seen a few
spirts of effort in the form of sample code, but unfortunately that does
little by the way of progress.

It has been about a month and a week since the project started and I have
yet to see _any_ results from the team with the exception of myself and a
couple others. I have submitted specifications, documentation, and project
code. I have not been asking for you to complete your task, just show
progress. Whether it be in the form of specifications, code templates, or
code progress. This is not a reflection of the entire group, because I have
seen things from a select few (you know who you are), but it is more of an
impression on the whole.

What I am doing (unless I can be convinced otherwise) is to trim the team
down to those who have not only showed interest, but have showed at least
something by the way of results. There is a huge difference between wanting
to help, and to actually help. There is something I have learned from
working on various SourceForge projects, which I thought could be different
with this project, is that the most successful projects are those with few,
dedicated members.

So I am asking that unless you can show results and be efficient, I will
have to remove you from the project. If you want to help on a limited basis
I will be happy to keep you on the project, but not assign a specific task
(or division) to you. When you have time and motivation you can contribute
where needed. You must realize that I am not asking for you to halt your
life for this project. I am a college student taking 18 credits in one of my
toughest semesters and working 20 hours per week to pay rent and bills etc.,
but I still find a few hours here and there to contribute. The key is to be
efficient and motivated when you can make time. It is easy to sit in front
of the computer "working" for many hours and accomplish nothing. That is the
exact thing you must not do.

For the time being I am going to assume that nobody is staying with the
project. I will continue working. If you want to stay, let me know. After a
week, anyone who has not expressed interest to stay or who has not responded
will be removed from the project.

I don't mean to be a hard ass, but I don't want to wait around for everyone
while the project dies. This is a great idea with great potential, and I am
going to do everything I can to see this project through.

Thank you for listening, and for everything you have done thus far.

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Joseph Monti
Code Connector Project Manager
Cou...@us...
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