Hi, On 12/03/13 at 11:35 -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > I'm writing this prompted by some of the lines written by Gergely and > Moray in the "about a DPL board" thread. > > One of the difficulties I perceive we have seen over the years is the > time it takes to transfer the know-how and work rhythm from an > outgoing DPL to an incoming one. Several of our DPLs have repeated > their term. In the past, when I was a new DD, there was this strange > and sad tendency that after finishing their DPL term, DPLs tended to > leave the project (or strongly reduce their involvement) — I *think* > there is some correlation with the DPL task pickup burnout time, which > can be an important portion of the term. > > We have seen some discussions in the past regarding whether the term > should be lengthened to two years, with a mid-term referendum (or > chance to politely step down) rather than full election procedure. How > would you feel about it? Would you prefer the term to be stated as a > longer "journey", or is one year the right duration? Would you be > interested in pushing for this change? > > There is, of course, also the personal committment: Of course, if you > were to push for two years, and we got the change accepted... Would > you hold your bid committing two years of your life to leading the > project?
I think that one-year terms are a good compromise, and I don't think that there's much to gain from doing two years with a referendum. I really don't see DPL elections as a loss of time. They are a good time to review the project status, discuss where we are going, exchange ideas, etc. It's unfortunate that it's mostly limited to a Q&A with candidates. Some of the threads could probably degenerate into very interesting project-wide discussions. I think that the "DPL helpers" initiative could greatly contribute to: - ease the start of a DPL term, and transitions between DPLs, due to a better understanding of the job - make the job look less frightening and more doable without committing a large amount of your life to this job (I really regret we don't have more candidates) Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
