[wp-forums] Doing it for free. - the people

[Podz]

TechGnome wrote:

> It should be the other way around... by invite. The process would work 
> like this:
> 1) Person is nominated to be an installer
> 1a) Person is asked if they want to be one
> 2) Committee reviews the nomination (should be a black box process)
> 3) Committee approves or disapproves the nomination
> 4) Person is notified of outcome
> 
> I've seen this process work successfully before. Steps 1 & 4 would/could 
> be made public, 1a is done as a private email to the nominee, but steps 
> 2 & 3 is done out of the public. I know this kinda goes against Podz's 
> concept of being transparent, but we are talking about the integrity and 
> security of other people's blogs, they deserve the right to know that 
> the installers have been fully vetted and can be trusted.

I like this :)
And I think it is transparent - or as transparent as it can be made. As 
you say this is a serious business underneath it and we have a duty to 
these people (along with the wider WP world) to give them a trusted service.

P.