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If you' | If you'd like to volunteer to help run the Big-8, please send a message to [mailto:board@big-8.org board@big-8.org]. | ||
Let us know your background, skills, availability, and areas of interest so we can match tasks with the right people. | Let us know your background, skills, availability, and areas of interest so we can match tasks with the right people. | ||
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* [[UVP|Usenet Volunteer Polltakers (UVP)]]: develop polls to help answer various questions. | * [[UVP|Usenet Volunteer Polltakers (UVP)]]: develop polls to help answer various questions. | ||
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Before joining the Board, we encourage you to volunteer for one or more of the subcommittees (listed above). | Before joining the Board, we encourage you to volunteer for one or more of the subcommittees (listed above). | ||
If you are interested in joining the Board, we would like to hear from you at [mailto:board@big-8.org board@big-8.org]. | If you are interested in joining the Board, we would like to hear from you at [mailto:board@big-8.org board@big-8.org]. | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 23 November 2020
If you'd like to volunteer to help run the Big-8, please send a message to board@big-8.org.
Let us know your background, skills, availability, and areas of interest so we can match tasks with the right people.
Subcommittees
Some of the areas in which we are asking for volunteer help are the following:
- Dead Groups Task Force: identify groups that can and should be removed from the canonical list.
- Group Mentors: help proponents develop good proposals.
- News.answers Liaison: facilitate communication between news.answers and the B8MB.
- News Service Providers Committee: cultivate good working relationships with NSPs and ISPs.
- Usenet Volunteer Moderators (UVM): facilitate communication with and provide support for Big-8 newsgroup moderators.
- Usenet Volunteer Polltakers (UVP): develop polls to help answer various questions.
Joining the Board
Before joining the Board, we encourage you to volunteer for one or more of the subcommittees (listed above).
If you are interested in joining the Board, we would like to hear from you at board@big-8.org.
