<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body >Hello!<br><br>I&nbsp;NEED&nbsp;HELP&nbsp;&nbsp;TO&nbsp;SOLVE&nbsp;THE&nbsp;PROBLEM.&nbsp;VOLUNTEERS&nbsp;NEEDED&nbsp;ASAP&nbsp;WHO&nbsp;CAN&nbsp;DIRTY&nbsp;THEIR&nbsp;HANDS.<br><br>I&nbsp;would&nbsp;like&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;more&nbsp;ideas&nbsp;on&nbsp;how&nbsp;we&nbsp;can&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;more&nbsp;open,&nbsp;more&nbsp;productive,&nbsp;more&nbsp;<br>user-friendly:<br><br>forums<br>wiki<br>forge<br>mailing-list<br><br>The&nbsp;common&nbsp;complaints&nbsp;that&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;hearing&nbsp;are&nbsp;as&nbsp;follows&nbsp;:-<br><br>"&nbsp;I&nbsp;don't&nbsp;see&nbsp;a&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;Projects..."Where&nbsp;You&nbsp;Can&nbsp;Help",<br>or&nbsp;a&nbsp;link&nbsp;"Get&nbsp;Involved"&nbsp;"<br><br>"I&nbsp;think&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;Forums&nbsp;are&nbsp;being&nbsp;misused,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the<br>Forge&nbsp;and&nbsp;Wiki&nbsp;sorely&nbsp;neglected."<br><br>"There's&nbsp;no&nbsp;Start&nbsp;Here&nbsp;document&nbsp;for&nbsp;what&nbsp;goes&nbsp;where,<br>and&nbsp;that's&nbsp;probably&nbsp;why&nbsp;there's&nbsp;chaos."<br><br>"it's&nbsp;not&nbsp;clear&nbsp;who&nbsp;gets&nbsp;or&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;get<br>write&nbsp;access&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Trac&nbsp;system.."<br><br>"there&nbsp;is&nbsp;no&nbsp;CENTRAL<br>place&nbsp;for&nbsp;someone&nbsp;who&nbsp;wishes&nbsp;to&nbsp;engage&nbsp;in&nbsp;support&nbsp;of&nbsp;a<br>project&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;so.&nbsp;....."<br><br>"nobody&nbsp;knows&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;efforts&nbsp;happening&nbsp;around....."<br><br><br>"people&nbsp;who&nbsp;can&nbsp;help&nbsp;or&nbsp;write&nbsp;documentation&nbsp;or<br>whatever&nbsp;have&nbsp;no&nbsp;way&nbsp;to&nbsp;join&nbsp;those&nbsp;efforts...."<br><br><br>Well,&nbsp;these&nbsp;are&nbsp;excerpts&nbsp;from&nbsp;Ken's&nbsp;mail&nbsp;to&nbsp;me&nbsp;and&nbsp;I&nbsp;must&nbsp;say&nbsp;does&nbsp;summarize&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;<br>of&nbsp;the&nbsp;problems&nbsp;being&nbsp;faced.&nbsp;<br>So,&nbsp;I&nbsp;need&nbsp;HELP!!!!!<br><br>He&nbsp;did&nbsp;give&nbsp;me&nbsp;a&nbsp;good&nbsp;kick&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;ass&nbsp;by&nbsp;the&nbsp;way!<br><br>Richie<br><br><br><br></body></html>