Title Responsibilities Prerequisites Time Commitment
Perks Current Volunteers
Programmer Make customizations to existing programs and occasionally write new ones to specification. Read the Ark and Answers conferences. Document your work.
Competence in C, Perl, UNIX scripts, and/or Microsoft VBA. TCFN will buy you books if necessary.
Depends on the project.
Set your own hours and earn the respect of your peers.
Bob Alberti, Dave Kleist, Jon Schewe, Jarrod Stenberg. More needed!
System Administration Volunteer Read the Ark conference, try to grok the gestalt of the Free-Net server, and help out when you can.
Competence in UNIX, the more the better.
2-5 hours per month.
Looks great on a résumé and gives you bragging rights in some circles.
Bob Alberti, Eric Harvieux, Terry Schanno, Jon Schewe, Jarrod Stenberg. More always needed.
Emergency Responder Go to Onvoy to fix the server when it crashes and cannot be brought back remotely.
Ready availability via cell phone or pager.
One to 4 hours per crash (only a few times a year).
Be a hero.
Bob Alberti, Terry Schanno
Damage Control Specialist Return the voicemail messages from about a dozen folks that report a problem before we get a chance to change the outgoing message.
Good phone presence, availability during daytime or evening hours.
About an hour, 3-5 times a year.
People will be surprised and pleased that you called.
John Lilly.
Security Specialist Inspect the security of the Free-Net's server and bring potential improvements to the attention of the system administrators and programmers.
Knowledge of modern UNIX security, suspicious nature.
About 2 hours per month.
Set your own hours. Find holes in the system before a cracker does.
Jarrod Stenberg.
Documentation Specialist Devise and uphold standards for the way programs on the server -- and any revisions made to them -- are documented. Explain these standards to the Programmers, and pester them until they comply.
Knowledge of existing standards and software for revision control and documentation.
About 2 hours per month.
Set your own hours, be respected for your inflexibility, and tell other sysadmins to RTFM.
Jon Schewe.
Root Mail Recipient Receive all mail sent to root@tcfreenet.org, including news from our ISP as well as messages from various daemons on the server. Bring these messages promptly to the attention of the appropriate people.
Experience preferable but not necessary.
A few minutes per day.
Feel the very pulse of the server.
Bob Alberti, Terry Schanno.
Postmaster Receive all mail sent to postmaster@tcfreenet.org and spam@tcfreenet.org, and deal with it appropriately.
Patience. Experience is a plus.
A few minutes per day.
Looks great on a résumé. Punish spammers.
Shari Hathaway.
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