Comments on: Ubuntu Community Team Opportunities: Second Draft http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/ At home with Jono Bacon, Community Manager and Author Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: issyl0 http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-138362 issyl0 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:17:35 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-138362 <p>Interesting, very interesting. Hmmm! :)</p> Interesting, very interesting. Hmmm! :)

]]> By: Daniel Bell http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137981 Daniel Bell Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:18:20 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137981 <p>Is there a rigid start date for these opportunities? I am a University student looking for something to do over the holidays. Exams will end in the middle of May, so naturally won't be available until after that point.</p> Is there a rigid start date for these opportunities? I am a University student looking for something to do over the holidays. Exams will end in the middle of May, so naturally won’t be available until after that point.

]]> By: jono http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137974 jono Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:13:28 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137974 <p>While I work for Canonical and I am looking for someone, it is pretty much a community position: it is not going to be working on any Canonical-specific projects projects, but instead working on general community projects: I am just going to be investing the time and resources of my team to help the folks who apply for these opportunities to be successful.</p> While I work for Canonical and I am looking for someone, it is pretty much a community position: it is not going to be working on any Canonical-specific projects projects, but instead working on general community projects: I am just going to be investing the time and resources of my team to help the folks who apply for these opportunities to be successful.

]]> By: Markus Korn http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137973 Markus Korn Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:43:20 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137973 <p>And now this sounds like it would perfectly fit into the concept of Google's Summer of Code, <em>if</em> the community was the driving act behind this and not Canonical.</p> And now this sounds like it would perfectly fit into the concept of Google’s Summer of Code, if the community was the driving act behind this and not Canonical.

]]> By: jono http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137971 jono Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:29:40 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137971 <p>From what I can tell this would not apply as this would be firmly drafted as a volunteer post.</p> From what I can tell this would not apply as this would be firmly drafted as a volunteer post.

]]> By: Corey Burger http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137969 Corey Burger Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:15:00 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137969 <p>If you are asking for specific hours, you might still run into legal issues with labour law. For instance, here in British Columbia you can hire an employee as a contractor but the Employment Standards Act still applies, because "if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck."</p> If you are asking for specific hours, you might still run into legal issues with labour law. For instance, here in British Columbia you can hire an employee as a contractor but the Employment Standards Act still applies, because “if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck.”

]]> By: jono http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137958 jono Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:59:42 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137958 <p>I mainly wanted to see what the law and best practice required: that then led us to conclusion of instead looking for volunteers and making sure that the details are more negotiable. :-)</p> I mainly wanted to see what the law and best practice required: that then led us to conclusion of instead looking for volunteers and making sure that the details are more negotiable. :-)

]]> By: jono http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137956 jono Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:41:58 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137956 <p>You know it, Ali. You know it. Now, back to work! :-)</p> You know it, Ali. You know it. Now, back to work! :-)

]]> By: Nick http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137949 Nick Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:33:55 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137949 <p>Role, not roll. Gah!</p> Role, not roll. Gah!

]]> By: Nick http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/03/23/ubuntu-community-team-opportunities-second-draft/comment-page-1/#comment-137948 Nick Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:33:27 +0000 http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=2595#comment-137948 <p>@Michael,</p> <p>The difference is that you are specifically signing up to be Jono's beoctch. Some of us just kind of fall into that roll. Right, Jono? :-P</p> @Michael,

The difference is that you are specifically signing up to be Jono’s beoctch. Some of us just kind of fall into that roll. Right, Jono? :-P

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