On 2014-12-15 9:01 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
On 10/12/14 22:19, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
It is a shame there is not despite how much support for such was shown in
the last round of discussions. It seems like we just got into bikeshedding
over the topic.
I really don't think that issues about who should get one, what the
criteria should be, whether it's for life or not, and how we make sure
we don't exclude parts of the community count as "bikeshedding"... they
seem pretty fundamental.
It's been a while, but let's see if we can settle this. [1]
I think that the case the Reps make - broadly speaking that enabling
community leadership is a thing we want and that a mozilla.org email
address can lend weight and legitimacy to those efforts - is compelling.
I think a better question than "should the Reps have m.o addresses" is
"do the Reps have an effective governance model".
As I understand it:
- We have a Reps Council, whose members are nominated & elected annually.
- There is a Reps module, owned by Pierros and peered by several others.
My understanding is that the reps council members are elected annually,
and the generally-acquiescent module peers are in the
benevolent-dictator seats with the module owner - Pierros - being the
place the buck stops. If we believe that this is an effective governance
model that results in responsible people advancing Mozilla's goals
responsibly - and I think it is and does, respectively - I propose that:
- Reps Council be empowered to nominate people to have an appropriate
Mozilla.org email addresses.
- With the module peers' assent those addresses be granted for the
duration of that person's active participation in the Reps, and that
- Council and module peers be responsible for usage guidelines,
policing, etc, with final approval resting with the module owner.
And we proceed with confident they'll do right by Mozilla with their
newfound superpowers.
- mhoye
[1] - The town square is suddenly empty. The noonday sun beats down as
the townsfolk shutter their windows. A tumbleweed rolls by. In the
distance, a train whistle.
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