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While I appreciate devrel being more active in serious situations (I |
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actually proposed that in another thread), I question the way Devrel |
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is constituted. |
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How was devrel formed? Who started it? What's the procedure of getting in? |
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I have no answer to the first two question, but the last question is |
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easy: It's like getting into any other project. Speak with them. |
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And that, is a serious problem. Devrel should not be a regular |
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project. It holds the power of conflict resolution and of disciplinary |
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action (and that is a lot of power). Why should anyone trust their |
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judgement? How can we prevent that people with good intents, but |
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without the required judgement and social skills, get into devrel? |
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Simple answer: we can't. |
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Who controls devrel? |
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Simple answer: no one. |
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The only thing that can stop devrel is the council, which has some |
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kind of veto right. But that is not enough to guarantee that an entity |
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with that kind of power/authority/responsibility consists of people |
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who are capable of that task. |
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It's a self-maintaining project without any logical connection between |
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the legitimation of the project and the legitimation of the members. |
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There is no rotation of members which is absolutely crucial for a |
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position like that. |
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What is a possible solution? |
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Let the council elect all members. That way the power still comes from |
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the dev community, although they do not vote devrel directly. The |
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council should vote anonymously, so that no connection between council |
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member and elected devrel member can be drawn which could otherwise |
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affect the election of the council. |
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This system should prevent people from thinking two steps ahead when |
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voting the council. |
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What does that solve? |
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An elected Devrel answers to the council and if someone abuses his |
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authority even in a minor way, it will not just be an internal project |
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thing, but council will have to kick that member. |
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Also, since this process is more democratic, it is more legitimate and |
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introduces some common sense and judgement about who actually is devrel. |
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Who controls the council? |
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Well, devrel not, but we do. |
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Power should always emerge from the bottom of a community. |
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