From: Ruby Student Date: 2009-01-15T23:48:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Quizmaster Retiring: Revenge of the Sith ------=_Part_319986_28798317.1232030985456 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Ruby Student wrote: > > > 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 > I also think that more people would get involve if the quiz is given once and no more than twice/month. -- Ruby Student ------=_Part_319986_28798317.1232030985456--