On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 12:00:56 +0200 Thierry Carrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Excerpt from the metastructure model, chosen by the majority of devs > last year (and not my model): > [...] > * It may have one or many leads, and the leads are selected by the > members of the project. This selection must occur at least once every > 12 months, and may occur at any time. > [...] While we're on the subject of the metastructure model, could we consider changing this rule? It's a little strict, and I suspect it's honoured more in the breach than otherwise (by which I mean some, perhaps many, projects don't bother to hold a selection process every 12 months). The 12 month rule makes perfect sense for the council and foundation trustees but it's over the top as a rule for all projects. I would suggest something along the lines of, "selection of leadership of a project can occur at any time, but can be forced should a majority of the team feel a new selection is necessary", perhaps with a rider allowing projects to setup stricter rules if they feel the need. I'm assuming (since I haven't checked) that project membership requires agreement of the project (i.e. people can't just join a project without the existing project members' agreement). The idea being that if the current leadership want to step down they can do so and selection occurs within the project by default. At the other extreme, if a lead becomes a pita for everyone else on the project, the rest of the project can oust the lead by majority decision (hopefully a rare occurrence). -- Kevin F. Quinn
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