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On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:18:49 +0200 |
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hasufell <hasufell@g.o> wrote: |
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> Who controls devrel? |
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> Simple answer: no one. |
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And this is good IMHO. Judiciary should be an independent power. |
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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 might be good to have a way to demote someone from devrel if he is |
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abusing his powers. It can probably already be done by talking to other |
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devrel members. So far, I've never seen any need for it. |
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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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I don't see why there should be a rotation: Such a rotation might just |
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make people try to get as much as they can from their new powers until |
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they are "rotated". If people are seriously involved with devrel, |
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handle impartially conflicts and are able to resolve them, why |
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replacing them? |
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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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So that the council controls everything: they nominate the judges |
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(devrel) and are the appeal court. I consider this even worse. |
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Alexis. |