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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council appointed leaders for QA and DevRel
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:42:48
Message-Id: 4E47B480.1070204@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Council appointed leaders for QA and DevRel by Rich Freeman
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4 On 08/14/2011 12:35 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
5 > Are you suggesting that the leader has to be chosen within the team,
6 > or that the council has to vote on individual team members? I'm not
7 > sure I like either of these. I'd rather keep it simple: the council
8 > can pick any developer they want to be the leader whatsoever, and
9 > then the leader can run the team how they see fit.
10
11 This is what I mean. The leader chooses the members of the team ( to
12 ensure that sane or qualified people are part of the team ). However,
13 the leader is appointed by the council.
14
15 >
16 >> Devrel: 1 year term. Developers are nominated by others or they
17 >> can self-nominated
18 >>
19 >> QA: 6-month term. Developers are nominated by others or they can
20 >> self-nominated
21 >
22 > So, my thought is something more like:
23 >
24 > 1. The council reaches out to DevRel and QA teams and solicits
25 > recommendations from them for the next team leader. 2. The council
26 > sends to -dev an email summarizing the recommendations and other
27 > candidates being considered, soliciting feedback from the dev
28 > community. 3. The council agrees by majority vote on who they want
29 > to lead each team - that can be anybody in #1 or #2. Waiting periods
30 > for feedback are at the council's discretion. 4. If a year goes by
31 > and all is well, the council goes back to #1. 5. If at any point
32 > things are not well, the council is welcome to go back to #1 at any
33 > time. Nobody is given a guaranteed time in "office."
34 >
35 Yes fair points, and it seems to me that the bureaucracy overhead is
36 minimum.
37
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39 Regards,
40 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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