> > 1. Initiator sends email to gwt-contrib & gwt-steering to get initial > thoughts, asking for responses within a fixed timeframe. >
I don't see the point of duplicating the discussion by putting gwt-contrib and gwt-steering in cc. Once Gerrit does not send mails to gwt-contrib I think gwt-contrib will be easy to follow as currently there are not a lot non-gerrit posts. So I would vote for holding the whole discussion on gwt-contrib only, and announce the final decision for a proposal on gwt-steering. Also who is "Initiator"? Everyone or just SC members? I assume its just SC members because you said you want the discussion on both mailing lists as gwt-steering is read only for most of us. > 2. After the specified time period, if there's enough initial support, the > initiator writes up a formal proposal (in Google docs) in a template > similar to: > 1. Proposal > 2. Motivation > 3. Schedule > 4. Owner(2) > 5. Decision date and checkbox for each SC member to signify position on it > (yes, no, nuetral) > A proposal template should be created. If you mean "everyone" with "Initiator" then it should be uploaded/linked somewhere where its easy to find (gwtproject.org) 3. The proposal is discussed in the Google doc (open to comments from > everyone, but editable only by the owner). > > 4. By the decision date, each SC member indicates whether they support the > proposal. If a SC meeting is needed, a meeting is held. > Basically I like the idea of having a formal document describing the issue and after the whole decision process is done that contains the votes (and maybe reasons of a "no" vote) of each steering member. In an ideal world I would like to see a condensed view of all steering decisions (= link to the final signed proposal) on gwtproject.org along with links to relevant information (gwt-contrib discussion, meeting minutes) that have led to these decisions. That would give visitors of gwtproject.org a strong signal how decisions are made in GWT and who made them (name + company name if available). If the "who" part also contains the company name its also a strong signal that GWT probably wont die anytime soon because some big players are involved. Basically I would not like to search for decisions on gwt-steering because it is "polluted" with lots of discussions over time. IMHO a mailing list is just bad for documenting these more important, high level issues and decisions. -- J. -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
