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On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:34 PM Andreas K. Huettel |
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<dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> I'm more worried that at the moment we're all checks and balances (or more |
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> precisely, unclear areas of responsibility and unclear procedures), so that in |
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> the end nothing gets done. |
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This whole situation is in part the result of having two |
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decision-making bodies with different constituencies, and perhaps even |
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slightly different missions. Adding yet another decision-making body |
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(literally a single body in this case) with yet another constituency |
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and also somewhat independent is going to make the problem worse, not |
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better. |
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Checks and balances makes sense for governments, because a government |
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can literally raid your house, seize your property, or lock you in |
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prison. They also have endless funding available to pay as many |
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levels of bureaucracy you might want to employ, and an entire army of |
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people and businesses looking to profit from the checks and balances |
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which help "make it work." |
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You almost never see this kind of arrangement in any kind of private |
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organization, whether for-profit or non-profit. You just have one |
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ultimate decision-making body, and anything else serves at their |
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convenience. It works because of competition - if your |
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employer/vendor/whatever does something you don't like, you can just |
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freely choose to leave and work for another. IMO this is part of why |
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Gentoo is struggling here - other distros are less niche and can |
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afford to fork when they disagree over issues. |
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IMO one of the bigger challenges will be working with the umbrella |
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group to make it clear who gets to appoint the liaison and so on. |
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They probably could make suggestions in this area. |
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Rich |
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