Proposed path from here:1) work on improving the wording and documentation of the NM process so as to make it even more clearer that non-maintainers can become DD's and what the T&S requirements are for the different contributor categories
Remove all references to "developer" and replace with "member" as per: http://www.debian.org/devel/join/newmaint#Member Rename the document to "Debian New Contributors' Corner"Rewrite the document so that it mentions maintainers as _one_ form of contribution to the DP
Include all the existing forms of contributions on an par level with package maintainers
In Step 1:Modify "The Applicant needs to have read the developer documentation" to anything applicable to other positions
In Step 4: Add skills relevant to the contribution forms identified above.
2) Try to get some get DD's involved in translation/ documentation/... to volunteer as AM specifically for NM's that focus on those areas (i.e. start clearly working out different NM-tracks for different kinds ofcontributors).
Definitely would not hurt.
3) Try to get some concensus on what kind of priviliges the differentcontributor categories need, and reflect that concensus in differentgranted privilliges based on the NM-track used (and add thepossibility to get additional priviliges by passing just the T&S part ofother tracks).
I am not sure "privileges" are necessary. I don't think upload rights are a privilege but rather a necessity.
What matters here is to make a few cosmetic changes to remove all possible confusions. Upload rights are not something to distribute without good reason, just like translation QA responsibility should not be granted to anybody.
Jean-Christophe Helary