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Hi Mike, |
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Mike Doty wrote: [Wed Sep 07 2005, 12:16:29AM EDT] |
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>In the end, I've read 20+ emails today on this thread, which we at |
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>best "I don't like this", and at worst, "devrel is a conspiracy!", |
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>yet no one has offered a solution. Put up or shut up. My |
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>recommendation would be to merge the two groups, by expanding the |
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>panel of "judges" from 3-5 to 5-7. This cuts out a lot of the red |
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>tape and improves communication while still retaining a similar |
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>number of people involved. |
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I'm confused by this paragraph. Nearly all the contributors to the |
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thread provided arguments to back up their position. If some of the |
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contributors sound shocked, I think it's because they perceive |
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dmwaters' suggestion as gutting the recent proposal which they believe |
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was an important step to making devrel more effective. |
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The argument presented by dmwaters seems to be: |
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Two committees is unnecessarily complicated and requires more |
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people than we have. One committee per complaint should be |
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sufficient, and will be as impartial as possible, to the extent |
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that it can. |
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The rebuttal seems to be: |
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Two committees, investigative and judicial, per complaint is |
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necessary for checks and balances. Going back to one committee |
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reverts the progress made by the previous proposal. |
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If I'm missing something, please let me know. I don't want to leave |
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out a possibly-critical argument in my personal evaluation. |
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Personally I'm in agreement with the rebuttal. From my perspective, |
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the problem with one committee is that it's possible for a single |
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charismatic, strong-willed individual to carry the group to their |
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preferred conclusion. Separating investigation and judgment doesn't |
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solve that problem completely, but it helps to mitigate it. |
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If devrel has trouble staffing both committees from its ranks, then |
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IMHO a call should be put out to request devs to temporary fill |
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a role. Has that been done, and I missed it? |
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Regards, |
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Aron |
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Aron Griffis |
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