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Re: Reaping non-advocated applicants



On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 07:13:10PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Brian Russo wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 11:10:17AM -0500, Gopal Narayanan wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 01:52:37AM -1000, Brian Russo wrote:
> > > > is it really that hard for a "good applicant" to get
> > > > advocated within a 4 week period?
> > > >
> > > > besides, they can always re-apply
> > > > once they get advocated.
> > > >
> > >
> > > But then they have to get back to the back of the queue. I was
> > > envisioning a queue handling process by which the from the pool of
> > > applicants, the first advocated applicant is handed over to the next
> > > AM. This way the applicants retain their place in the queue and once
> > > they get advocated, can be processed quicker.
> >
> > good point.
> > i'm swayed.
> 
> I don't think that is as important: Since the introdution of the advocate
> the queue of people waiting to get an AM assigned is getting smaller.
> Currently, there are 4 (in words: four) advocated people waiting for an
> AM, with a maximum waiting time of one week. In the very near future the
> queue might be completely empty.


after rethinking this, and what martin said about potential abuse.
I retract this, and revert to my earlier stance.
I don't think it should be that hard for potential NM's to get an
advocate.

The ones that are no good outweigh the number that we might "lose"
if we dont make it
"easy enough on them". this should be about desire and dedication
not kwikemart convenience.

I guess I just wasnt feeling very argumentative when I wrote that ;)

as always,
 - brian.

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