I'll write a quick intro to what Jim does. Meet Jim: Jim Tinsley is one of the 5 or so main people who do eBook "whitewashing." In other words, he does the final checks and posts eBooks, and announces them via the Posted list (http://lists.pglaf.org). Of currently active Project Gutenberg volunteers, only Jim & Brett Fishburn have been doing this activity longer than me, and I'm the only one who's done it longer than Michael. Jim is the main person (one of just a few) who handle our 20+ error reports each week. He's written some of our key behind-the-scenes programs, such as gutcheck. (Brett and I wrote most of the others.) There are only a handful of people who consistently spend 20+ hours per week on PG, directly contributing to our mission (creation & distribution of literature in electronic form). Combined with such folks who spend most of their time with DP, I'd guess there are 20-30 people in "leadership" roles -- where leading is by *doing*. There are numerous other people who spend that amount of time (or more), but are content with more focused tasks -- like proofreading. Such folks are the backbone. Jim, and the other leaders, are at the helm. And, in the immortal words of Arlo Guthrie, "all you need to do to join" is to contribute your efforts consistently and willingly, and with good capability for interacting with others. Beyond being one of those relatively few people (but there are always openings for more!), Jim is one of our foremost experts in character sets, automated error checking, and a few other topics. -- Greg