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6 <title>And the beast shall come forth... - Driving a Volunteer Project</title>
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17<div id="header"><div id="header-text">And the beast shall come forth...</div>
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27<h1>Driving a Volunteer Project</h1>
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31 <li>Volunteers work on <span class="hilite">what they like</span> ("scratching their itches")</li>
32 <li>Can only do things as they have <span class="hilite">time</span></li>
33 <li>Project management can't force developer <span class="hilite">priorities</span></li>
34 <li>Constant <span class="hilite">poking</span> of people to get things done</li>
35 <li>No firm <span class="hilite">authority</span> for project management/coordination</li>
36 <li>Volunteers who can do the <span class="hilite">really hard things</span> are rare (see nsIClonableDeveloper!)</li>
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