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From: jerry@olivey.olivetti.com (Jerry Aguirre)
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Subject: Re: Comp.sources.unix and replacing Rich Salz
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Date: 30 Nov 90 21:08:42 GMT
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In article <1990Nov30.165238.2018@ism.isc.com> johnan@mchale.ism.isc.com (John Antypas) writes:
>- Come up with a way to hire Rich full time to do this job

Even assuming we could come up with a scheme for collecting the money
and assuming that people did pay, and ignoring the legal implications of
this being for pay instead of free, there are a few points that are
being overlooked here.

First, Rich may not want to quit his current job to become a full time
moderator.  Some people like their jobs or have career plans that depend
on them.

Second, what system resources would the moderator use to do his job.
Unless he is one of those guys with a raised floor in the spare bedroom
he is probably using the systems at work, after hours, to receive,
store, compile, test, and post the sources.  Testing portability
requires access to a varity of systems and software.  Does the budget
for this moderator include supplying the hardware and software resources
needed for the job?

I favor splitting the job among multiple moderators if they can be
found.