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On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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> Some time ago, few people proposed to have Council appointed leaders for |
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> QA and DevRel. I like the idea because this way the Council can ensure |
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> that the team is active or either force some activity in case the |
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> current leader slacks big time. |
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> Membership and voting |
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> actions should not be related in these teams. The leader will still have |
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> control over the new members but Council will do the voting ( community |
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> will provide feedback ofc ) |
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Are you suggesting that the leader has to be chosen within the team, |
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or that the council has to vote on individual team members? I'm not |
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sure I like either of these. I'd rather keep it simple: the council |
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can pick any developer they want to be the leader whatsoever, and then |
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the leader can run the team how they see fit. |
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> Devrel: 1 year term. Developers are nominated by others or they can |
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> self-nominated |
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> QA: 6-month term. Developers are nominated by others or they can |
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> self-nominated |
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So, my thought is something more like: |
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1. The council reaches out to DevRel and QA teams and solicits |
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recommendations from them for the next team leader. |
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2. The council sends to -dev an email summarizing the recommendations |
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and other candidates being considered, soliciting feedback from the |
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dev community. |
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3. The council agrees by majority vote on who they want to lead each |
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team - that can be anybody in #1 or #2. Waiting periods for feedback |
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are at the council's discretion. |
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4. If a year goes by and all is well, the council goes back to #1. |
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5. If at any point things are not well, the council is welcome to go |
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back to #1 at any time. Nobody is given a guaranteed time in |
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"office." |
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Basically the relationship I propose between the Council and these |
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team leads is that of a board and its officers. Officers serve at the |
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pleasure of the board, and while usually transitions are done in an |
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orderly manner, they do not need to be. In most democratic nations, |
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the prime minister can be asked to step down at any time through a |
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no-confidence vote - but of course this is a rare occurrence. |
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The Council would of course do well to consider carefully the teams |
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own recommendations for their leads. Cleaning house is not a good way |
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to run a shop unless it is truly rife with problems... |
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Rich |