Let me actually share what I'm working on behind the scenes. Volunteers has been an area that we have STRUGGLED with. Essentially, what keeps happening is that pulling people in to help with stuff (other than people like you @Handmade Hearts who are able to take full ownership of something) ends up being a zero-sum game. The time to train/communicate with someone on how to do something is comparable to the time it saves by having the other person do it! And there's this issue where there is all this knowledge about how stuff works that you gather over time when volunteering in a Core position that just takes SO MUCH TIME to explain to people.

A while ago I discovered a book that is essentially a training manual on how to overcome those issues. It's a guidebook to the ingredients needed to create a successful open source software community. Basically open source communities are the closest (in how they operate) to what we're trying to create here. I discovered the book a while back and knew it was key information but was baffled about how to apply it to our project. Then when I created this site I realized that essentially it's the last ingredient we need to be able to apply the strategy to ISG.

I will be releasing info on the volunteer system soon. Basically the first step will be a call for our longterm people (our Discord "veterans") to help out with stuff on the website, and that should be happening probably shortly after this month's newsletter.