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On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> Quite a few of you know that Council acts as a court in case a developer |
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> has unresolved disputes with Devrel or when he is not happy with a |
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> Devrel's decision. The problem is that having the same people in the |
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> Council and in Devrel makes no sense since the same people will vote |
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> twice on that matter. |
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So, the way I view it is the Council is the elected body elected by |
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the Devs to govern the Devs. If they feel the best way to resolve |
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disputes is to have Devrel first hear them then that is fine. If they |
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want to personally hear all disputes and have no avenue of appeal |
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whatsoever that is fine too. If they want to take turns hearing |
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disputes and then only hear appeals if there is a majority vote to |
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even hear the appeal in the first place, that is fine too. |
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If Devs don't like the way it is being done, they can always elect |
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somebody else. If a Dev doesn't like how they were treated they can |
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ask all the other devs to elect somebody else to reinstate them, fork |
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the project, or whatever. |
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All that said, I think the current system works fine and see no need |
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to change it. I'd view the Council as being the body that ultimately |
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makes all DevRel decisions - they just have delegated this |
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responsibility and only step in if needed. |
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For these reasons, I see no reason with having overlapping membership |
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- we're a community and we govern ourselves. The Council is elected |
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by the community to speak for the community, and they're allowed to |
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speak even if they've done so already. |
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For the same sorts of reasons I also see no issue with having |
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overlapping Council and Trustee membership (obviously allowing that |
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the Bylaws would need to be amended if a majority of foundation |
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members agreed with me). I do see the value in having more |
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participation, but not the requirement. |