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Gentoo has been known to be a two headed entity for a while. While the |
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fact is that only one of the heads has legal standing to be called |
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Gentoo, the other head has been doing most of the technical work. |
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Unfortunately having two heads means that there can be fighting between |
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them. In order to finally put the matter to some rest I seek to define |
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Gentoo's org structure. |
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Currently, legally, it only consists of the following: |
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1. foundation members |
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2. trustees |
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3. officers (don't have to be foundation members or trustees) |
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I wish to extend that to the following. |
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1. foundation members |
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2. trustees |
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3. officers (don't have to be foundation members or trustees) |
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3.1 infra members (or at least the lead) |
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3.2 comrel members (or at least the lead) |
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3.3 council members |
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Infrastructure has a clearly defined role in Gentoo. Namely that of |
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managing foundation infrastructure resources. Bringing those members |
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under the foundation's umbrella formalizes this. Infra has previously |
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been fairly nebulous as to who directs them (having been directed by |
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council, trustees and comrel). |
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Comrel has the clear analog of being the HR (human relations). HR |
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is three to protect the business from human related infighting. Comrel |
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was previously under the direction of the council, primarily for |
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historical reasons (the foundation was not well staffed or run until |
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recently). I thank the council for managing this. |
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Council is supposed to be the technical leadership within Gentoo, over |
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the last decade or so this responsibility has ballooned to encompass |
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things out side this scope. This seeks to clearly define the powers of |
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the council to that of technical leadership. |
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One of the drawbacks of this is that being an officer means being an |
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'organ' of the business, meaning that some of the current members may |
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have conflicts with their current job. To this I ask 'Is what you are |
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doing now not vital? If it is doesn't that make you an organ (even if |
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not explicitly stated as such)?' |
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One of the good things about this (other than clearly defining roles and |
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boundaries) is that it allows council members to server as Trustees. |
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This would require a bylaw change, but has been something often |
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complained about. |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |