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On 18-04-09 11:36:11, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > I would like to apologize for this harmful generalization. Not all |
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> > Trustees in the history of Foundation were incompetent. In particular, |
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> > it is worth noting that Robin H. Johnson has put a significant effort |
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> > in improving the tax situation, and Daniel Campbell had his contribution |
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> > too. |
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> Honestly, I think would be helpful if everybody tries to |
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> de-personalize this discussion. |
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> I think it makes the most sense to figure out what kind of |
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> meta-structure we want, without regard to the titles individuals are |
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> currently holding. We can always hold an election to re-sort people |
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> (old or new) into the new roles (IMO this should be done if we make |
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> any major changes, precisely because we DON'T want to design roles |
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> with named individuals in mind). |
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It's with this in mind that I've made my current (and previous) |
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proposals. |
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> I think the question should be what kind of design is sustainable. |
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> I do think that the skills we have to work with should be fair game in |
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> a discussion. We're mostly programmers/sysadmins/enthusiasts, and |
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> lawyers are pretty rare in the community. I do think that our |
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> metastructure would benefit from emphasizing the skills our community |
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> actually has. We could also hire in skills we don't have, and I don't |
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> have an issue with that, but again in that case we need to be mindful |
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> of our current cash flow. It doesn't make sense to adopt the |
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> metastructure appropriate for a company with a $50M annual budget when |
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> we operate on a small fraction of this. |
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> However, all of this can be done without smearing those serving in |
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> various roles today. IMO most genuinely are trying to do what they |
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> think is best for the distro, and I doubt most would have been elected |
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> if a lot of people didn't share that sentiment. |
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My proposal does not preclude moving under an umbrella org (I think it |
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makes it easier actually). |
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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) |
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