On 09:05 Fri 10 Jun , Dane Smith wrote: > Part of me thinks this is a good idea for the simple reason that some > people seem to have issues with QA/DevRel. Perhaps if the lead were > "appointed by council" there would be less raging every time the team > tried to do anything. But then again, we can't all play nice over a > freaking ChangeLog, even with Council making the call, so I somehow > doubt this will fix *anything at all* > > Having said that, council appointments for the team lead may not be a > bad idea.
We're starting to get into -project material here, but given the thread started here I'll keep it here... I like the idea of appointed leads instead of holding elections, it fits into my big picture of less bureaucracy and more meritocracy (see my email re running for council on -project). Appointments would be made by the "next level up" from the lead. So project leads would come from the council, subproject leads from the project, etc. > Perhaps do council appointments if the lead steps down / if the team > calls for a re-appointment (there would need to be rules for this > part. I don't want to see a new "appointee" merely because the lead > upset one person. Perhaps if more than 50% of the team or like 10 > other developers are asking for a new lead or some such foo.) I'd suggest that there shouldn't be any "term limit" on a lead, and no need to have re-elections or re-confirmations yearly or otherwise. A majority of the team can petition the council for a re-appointment at any time, but the council is not required to act on it. Unpopular actions doesn't equal wrong actions. > Lastly, given that it will be the lead for a given team, I think that > team should have the ability to pick their "candidates" to go to > council, and maybe just give Council the vote on who gets it. Or, have > council appoint people they think are fit, and the team can vote from > there. Either way I think would work alright. Perhaps interested people on the team could just say they want to be lead, and the council would pick one of them. I think leadership should come from the top. -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.com
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