On 7/3/2019 8:26 AM, Naomi S wrote: > splitting this off to keep Myrle's thread on topic +1 way too much thread hijacking. Please follow Naomi's example and fork the threads. > On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 13:49, Sam Ruby <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have the technology (via STeVe) to have a non-binding poll the >> membership. We will have an election coming up in March-ish 2020. >> The decision to fund interns from ASF funds is a binary one. >> >> My sense is that the board has been asked to make a difficult >> decision, and is not ready yet to do so. We however have a path >> forward that will give us more data, and we can put in place a plan to >> poll the membership for guidance on the matter. We can ask those that >> wish to do so to prepare a position paper (one each, pro and con) that >> can guide the membership in casting their votes. >> > this sounds like a good idea to me > > I wouldn't' necessarily set March as the deadline. as a committee, we might > not feel ready to make that move at that point. depends what our experience > is like with Outreachy and what sorts of results we can show > > but in general, this seems like a reasonable way forward, should the > committee decide that we want to pursue this avenue once again with a bit > more experience under our belt > Sorry but I am -1000. This is a very bad idea. Off the cuff, here are some of my negatives:
- It sets up the precedence that every hard decision will wait a year for a member referendum - It insults the sitting board that they can't make a tough decision. - It infers the need to circumvent a possible negative board decisions and instead go to the members to "overrule" them either retro- or proactively. - In the lawyer world there is a quote, never ask a question you don't know the answer to. This is a massive gamble. - I predict this particular topic of effectively paying for code will create partisan divisions with our members who are likely to vehemently disagree/agree But that said, I agree this would be a great question to add to the voluntary board candidate questionnaire for next year. Regards, KAM -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
