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Lares Moreau wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2006-01-02 at 12:14 -0600, Lance Albertson wrote: |
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> I have been involved with many Volunteer organisations over the last |
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> couple years. Not all computer related. Something Gentoo is notably |
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> missing is a Mission Statement. IMO a Mission statement acts as a beacon |
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> on the horizon, allowing us to have a gauge against which to measure our |
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> progress. In the process of discussing and generating this statement the |
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> issues mentioned above, can be ironed out and/or flamed about. |
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A mission statement only goes so far. The underlying leadership has to |
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make sure that statement is upheld and kept alive. Too many folks have a |
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mission statement, but no one ever remembers what it is or abides by it. |
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I guess I'm almost hinting at that Gentoo needs a single entity that's |
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sole purpose is to drive/research the direction and goals for Gentoo. |
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It'd be almost ceo-like, but the council is still top dawg. Right now, I |
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view our group as a bunch of chiefs with no real single leader saying |
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"lets strive to do this". The main problem is, too many people fear |
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about such a person could turn into a dictator, so I'm not sure if this |
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could ever happen. This person would be in constant contact of all the |
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groups and try to muck together what everyone is doing. They could |
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suggest things to help minimize user impact, maybe try to join two |
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projects if they are both working on a similar goal, thus minimizing the |
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workload. Stuff like that essentially. We need a good visionary. If such |
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a position were created, I also think that person's sole focus should be |
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that focus within Gentoo. (i.e. they aren't a major contributor for a |
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subproject in Gentoo). This position would take too much time for them |
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to keep those other duties. |
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Dunno, maybe I'm the loner here thinking this... |
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Lance Albertson <ramereth@g.o> |
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Gentoo Infrastructure | Operations Manager |
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