[gentoo-nfp] infra agenda item

[Daniel Robbins]

Hi All,

An agenda item for next meeting. I would like trustees to have official
control of all Gentoo infrastructure. Gentoo infrastructure is a critical
part of project assets and it is essential that access to such
infrastructure by the -infra lead or -infra members cannot be used as
leverage to gain influence on the project. While I have no reason to
believe we are in this situation, so I don't want to alarm or upset anyone,
I just want to make sure we are protected from this issue and make sure
that appropriate safeguards are in place.

This is an issue that I am quite sensitive to, as I have experienced it
personally with Gentoo. I actually set up the Foundation and resigned when
-infra was co-opted by an -infra lead who removed all my access and pushed
me to set up the Foundation rapidly. Since I was basically a kid, I didn't
know how to handle this situation (person who did this was an IT Manager at
Goldman Sachs and much more versed in playing 'hardball' with people, and I
had limited experience in dealing with it) so I tried to handle it
privately and failed. I now know that I could have simply posted to any
public forum and said "Hey, this person has taken over -infra and I no
longer have access to it. Please ask him to leave the project and return
the keys to me instead of using it as leverage to get what he wants."

To me, it is very clear that the Foundation should have full control of all
assets, including infra (this includes control of mirrors, etc.) on behalf
of the larger Gentoo community.

Best,

Daniel