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Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] Council constituent meeting 30 July 2013 at 19:00 UTC
From: "Steven J. Long" <slong () rathaus ! eclipse ! co ! uk>
Date: 2013-07-25 21:20:58
Message-ID: 20130725212058.GB8481 () rathaus ! eclipse ! co ! uk
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Rich Freeman wrote:
> Roy Bamford wrote:
> > The open floor is a part of the openness and approachability of the
> > council. Its 60 seconds well spent, even if nobody says anything.
>
> The concern that was raised was that when it does get used it is rare
> for anything to get accomplished. The desire is to have issues raised
> and debated on the lists first.
>
> I don't have a big problem with open floor - I just think it is a bit
> of a waste of time. If somebody wants to raise an issue they need
> only ask.
It's the "only ask" bit that isn't so easy: emailing someone you don't know, or
raising a bug when you're used to it, or are unsure what kind of response you'll
get, can be tricky; but you may still have something you'd like to bring to the
Council. It's only 60 seconds, and I think it keeps the idea of openness and
approachability in the forefront.
I'd keep it, and expect it to be used for last-minute messages, or reading-up on
late-breaking info on agenda items.
> >> - vote on meeting format 2: "shift council votes to mail instead of
> >> IRC"
> >
> > Please keep voting in public. Its good for accountability.
> > If not in IRC, find a way to publish who voted and now.
> > Council do not get a secret ballot.
>
> Agreed. I don't think the intent of that item was ever to REPLACE
> in-person voting with email. I think the intent was to allow for it
> so that when a critical issue comes up a week after the agenda is
> already set that everybody doesn't have to wait 5 weeks for the
> following council meeting. It seems really odd to have a 100-post
> flamewar with no immediate action, and then to dredge up the topic a
> month later and vote, and then have another 100-post flameware to talk
> about the outcome. I don't think we need off-the-cuff decisions, but
> if a topic is ripe for a decision we should have a way to actually
> take care of it.
That seems to me more a function of the ML, than the decisions themselves. It's
dumb to have a flamewar when the decision has already been made. The only thing
to discuss thereafter is implementation and support for the "minority" be that via
USE-flags, in overlay, or none, ie: forums/-user ML.
If Council members are going to be more involved in the mailing-list, as suggested,
I think that will take a lot of the sting out of it. The discussion will have some of
you involved, so it will be kept less flammable, and there will be more of a feeling
that it is leading to a conclusion, rather than a feeling that it can be kick-started
again at any point, and thus more focus.
> Public debate and votes only make sense. Bugs might be a useful way
> to record this (much as is done with the trustees).
If you do have something that must be done in-between times, then I agree that
bugs are a much more transparent manner of recording it, even if they are locked
for confidential matters.
Regard,
steveL
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