On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:04, Ceki Gülcü wrote: > 1) Elect a PMC with real power, power to intervene and take painful > decisions, until the next elections.
-1 power would be abused and misused. If power is what you want you are not going to get it by donning a skippy badge but earning it through respect. > 2) Instate a system based on referendum, where the public can directly > intervene in making laws. By "public", I mean developers with commit > rights. yay - popularity contests! That would be sooooooo much fun. > To avoid keeping voting on the same issue time and again, a wait > period of 12 months is necessary between two referenda on the same > or nearly the same issue. And maybe we should elect a committee to determine whether issues are too similar and they can break apart into sub-committees to determine the viability of holding a referendum to determine if two issues are dissimilar enough that another referendum could be held for the issue. > 3) Keeps things as they are and hope for the best. things as they are are for the best. People do things because they see that it is the "right" thing to do for them - which usually means it is technically the right thing. Sometimes it takes time (it took me 1.5 years to convince one apache person of something) but most things work out better in the end. At times it is infuriating when someone else is doing something stupid but forcing them to change is not the answer - for one you may be wrong, if not you are probably going to cause resentment - not something healthy for the community. -- Cheers, Pete ----------------------------------------------------- First, we shape our tools, thereafter, they shape us. ----------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
