From: Ruby Student Date: 2009-01-15T23:46:09+09:00 Subject: Re: Quizmaster Retiring: Revenge of the Sith ------=_Part_319954_21046568.1232030830887 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 5:49 AM, Ron Fox wrote: > How about a 'quiz' group with a group leader rather than a single > quizmaster. Suppose there are n people in the group. Each person then is > responsible for at least a quiz every n weeks (if you want to continue > weekly). The group leader maintains any pool of additional quizzes that > come in for lean weeks where a quiz might be missing, and determines which > quiz from the group gets shoved out each week.. or even go to monthly > quizzes? > > Seems a more sustainable/scalable approach. > > Ron. > > > Matthew Moss wrote: > >> Sorry for the dorky subject line... >> >> A bit over a year ago, mid-November of 2007, James Gray announced he was >> retiring as the Ruby Quiz master. He had run the quiz for nearly three >> years, a wonderful achievement enjoyed by many Rubyists here. >> >> Almost a year ago, mid-February of 2008, I began an attempt to follow in >> his footsteps. Sad to say, though, I only lasted about 10 months. As of >> now, I need to retire from running the Ruby Quiz. >> >> When I started, I had made some changes in my personal life (incl. >> quitting my job) that allowed me the time to write up quizzes and >> summaries every week. However, nearly a year later, my personal >> circumstances have changed again, and I will be unable to dedicate the >> time necessary to run further Ruby Quizzes. Some of this has already >> manifested by way of skipped weeks and late quizzes/submissions. >> >> Hopefully, I've done reasonably well following James' incredible effort. >> I also hope that, perhaps, there will be another quizmaster to take up from >> where I left off. I certainly hope so; I may not be able to run the quiz >> any longer, but I'd still love to participate in some of the lighter >> quizzes to follow. >> >> Apologies to everyone that I must step down, but also many thanks to >> everyone for participating and making RQ2 very enjoyable. >> >> -- Matthew Moss >> >> >> P.S. For those who would consider taking the reigns, I can provide the >> Ruby scripts (cgi, not Rails) used to run the current site at < >> http://splatbang.com/rubyquiz/ >. As for hosting, I am open to several >> possibilities. >> >> >> > > -- > Ron Fox > NSCL > Michigan State University > East Lansing, MI 48824-1321 > > Although I am just a Ruby Apprentice, I like the idea of a "quiz group". I can also give it a try if no volunteer is found, to run the weekly quiz. As long as I am not expected to solve the quiz myself (remember, I am a light weight Ruby learner) I would be happy to feel the vacuum until someone more experience takes it over. Regards, -- Ruby Student ------=_Part_319954_21046568.1232030830887--