The number 12 is not important. The point is that if the work is
getting to be too much for you to handle, it might be possible
to divide the list into categories and have people sign up to manage
them. Its not really known whether or not this will work but it can't
be assumed it won't work either without asking people. The problem
may not be that people won't help but that they are less inclined to
help under the current organization than one where they have a
specific role.
I think the problem is simply that it's work, a -lot- of unpaid work (well,
it IS FREEware after all, heh). Especially if it's done correctly. Then
there's the constant maintainence; the teeth-pulling to solicit comments and
votes...
Ideally, since it belongs to "the people" there should be more than one
person manning the keyboards, with one central head (such as Susan or
whomever) to coordinate the smaller groups and keep things on an even keel.
This group, like many, has a *lot* of disparate voices, so then there is the
refereeing and decion making involved as well. Like I said, a LOT of work.
It takes a person who can donate their time, a person who can actually DO
all of the various tasks involved, someone with a fairly even disposition
and a person who will not be looking for a lot of thanks and more than their
share of criticism. Because that's what it seems to me is involved.
ANYone who would volunteer should be praised; not every volunteer CAN do the
job effectively though. Somewhat like electing someone, you get who you
vote for. And do the best ones even run? Not often.
OK, enough soap box from me. The biggest critics (and I mean the rude ones,
not the well-meaning suggestors) would never and COULD never do half as
effective of a job as is being done now. It's far easier to fling dirt than
clean up.
I would carefully consider the state of the site (especially after its
tumultuous birth) and looking back ask whether it has been what was
envisioned. If so, many congratulations and thanks are in order...if not,
any suggestions are usually appreciated, given they are of benefit to the
group and they are not couched in obsceneties or obvious trolls.
No one has been willing to volunteer for that task