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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council appointed leaders for QA and DevRel
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:58:21
Message-Id: 20110814115800.GI460@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Council appointed leaders for QA and DevRel by Rich Freeman
1 On 14-08-2011 07:52:25 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote:
3 > > On 08/14/2011 12:31 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote:
4 > >> That way you give the regular 1 year term to someone who
5 > >> does his/her job, but allow to intervene directly as needed (and not
6 > >> after 6 months).
7 > >>
8 > > This requires dedicated resources, meaning having people monitor the
9 > > activity of these teams and report problems/progress. Even if we enforce
10 > > elections every 6 months, if leaders/teams were active, it is highly
11 > > likely to retain their positions so no harm can come out of that :).
12 >
13 > I think that a forced re-appointment every six months is going to
14 > create a lot more work than just keeping an eye on things.
15 >
16 > And I don't think that anybody is proposing a very heavy level of
17 > monitoring here. Monitoring just means making sure that people aren't
18 > running around with torches and pitchforks calling for the Devrel
19 > lead's head.
20
21 Exactly. The Council should be looking more at the community as a whole
22 as normal members anyway, so if there is a problem, it'll be noticed
23 quite easily without much extra -- if any -- investments.
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27 Fabian Groffen
28 Gentoo on a different level