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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:42:48 -0500 Lance Albertson |
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> <ramereth@g.o> wrote: |
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> | I'm afraid those days are in the past unless some kind of fork happens |
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> | where the folks who think we need a leader go their way and the folks |
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> | who prefer the leader-by-committee approach go their way. |
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> The two aren't mutually exclusive. A strong council can provide the |
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> equivalent of a single leader without the problems of what to do when |
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> the leader gets sick, and with less chance of a screwup because of |
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> increased discussion. |
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> The problem, of course, is how to get a strong council... |
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I partially agree that a strong council will help the situation, but the |
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problem with any leadership-by-committee model is the lack of quick |
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decisions. Many times things come up that need a quick resolution (when |
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I say quick, I mean within a few days). And if you have a committee of 7 |
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or so people that live in several different timezones, its extremely |
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hard to get them together to discuss it all. The council has its merits, |
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but it also has its weaknesses, this one being one of them. I think I |
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mentioned 6mo ago that we could keep the council, but select one person |
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to sort of be the "operational lead" to make quick decisions so that |
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development moves on. This type of person can try and get all the |
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opinions of the council members and make a decision based on that. If |
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they screw up, then the council can demote the person and find someone |
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else. Of course, this won't cover the "what if they screw up so badly |
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that it hurts Gentoo long term?" but that's where the level of trust |
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needs to be applied to your leaders. If you voted on them to be on the |
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council, you should trust at least one of them to make daily decisions |
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for the good of the council. |
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