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On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 16:41 -0500, Deedra Waters wrote: |
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> The devrel members who first approached me on this think that this is |
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> too much red tape for something that 1, is literally probably going to |
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> almost never be used 2, it's going to take too long to do anything with, |
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> and take too long to get results that are going to make people happy, |
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> and 3 most of them agreed to this policy because at the time it looked |
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> like the best option. In looking back at it, it's not the best option, |
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> so they want something less complicated. |
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1. If it is almost never used, where is the extra red-tape? |
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2. Why is it going to take too long to get results? |
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3. What has changed to make it not look like the best option? |
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> The reality is that reguardless of what devrel decides to do people |
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> aren't going to be happy. |
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That one will always be true. However, if you have a well documented |
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and followed process, those people are going to be on the fringes of the |
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organization. If they are not, then something is probably wrong with the |
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process and should be fixed. |
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I thought that a lot of the reason for the recent changes were due to |
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the perception that there were problems with the process. As I said in |
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my first message, no was my gut reaction. A lot of the reason for that |
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reaction is I don't see a clearly defined process being proposed in its |
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place. I also am not seeing why this newest process isn't a workable |
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process, other than complaints that it contains too much red-tape. |
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Note: I'm not saying that there isn't too much red-tape and bureaucracy, |
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just that I'm not seeing the evidence of it showing the reasoning behind |
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the latest proposed changes. |
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When it comes to the discipline process, I personally feel that is one |
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place where we rally should make the effort to have our procedures |
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documented and thought out. If enough developers have a bad perception |
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about our disciplinary process, we are just hurting ourselves. |
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Finally, I'm not a part of developer relations, so my opinions don't |
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really matter when it comes time to vote on this. But I do want to |
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thank you for taking the time be open and to listen to my point of view. |
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Regards, |
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Paul |
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