[2745] in Release_7.7_team
New agenda item: Hire a Contractor?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Wed May 16 10:35:01 2001
Message-ID: <Mv0d07xz00019qV3Qe@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 14:34:47 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@MIT.EDU
CC: tomt@MIT.EDU
I've communicated with Allison Dolan saying that we've gotten resource
starved to the point where 9.0 is in jeopardy, and that I think we
should hire a contractor to help out.
Allison replied:
Excerpts from mail: 16-May-101 followup @MIT.EDU (940*)
> Bill - I talked with Bob Ferrara. While he is uncomfortable with the
> long term staff implications of hiring a regular employee, he does
> recognize that you have work that needs to get done, and the funding
> appears to be available in ACP. Bob seemed ok with a contractor/voucher
> or any other staffing arrangement that does not imply a long term
> commitment to the person.
> If you know anyone who used to work here and might be interested in
> voucher, that can generally be set up quite easily (Someone said Karl
> Ramm was back visiting - dunno if he has the right skill set or
> interest?; would Ted T'so be interested? a fit?) If you are looking at
> the summer timeframe, perhaps there are students - if salary is an
> issue, we can certainly discuss that.
> If you wanted CG to try for a contractor through a contracting company,
> you can let me or Ed know - we'd need some pretty specific technical
> skills requirements.
> .....Allison
I realize that I've made a whole bunch of assumptions going to Allison
with such an assertion. I want us to discuss at Release Team whether
hiring a contractor will actually help, and if so, to brainstorm who we
might invite in.
I think the thing ghudson's note drives us to think about goes beyond
the need for a contractor now. It involves pondering whether IS wants
to fund Athena as an end-user environment for which AUI is appropriate.
I'll be meeting with Jim Bruce, probably sometime next week, to discuss
that, and to propose a vision for Athena as a 1-1 platform.
-wdc
