Tony Eviston wrote: > Ian Haywood wrote: >> The simplest solution is a 'dictator' type, which most other open-source >> projects use, who >> can declare solutions by fiat when consensus doesn't emerge naturally. >> Horst is the obvious >> choice, but the limitation has been his time-availability, it's >> difficult to play this role unless >> the person is actively involved in coding. >> The alternative is a technical panel, which is model followed by >> FreeBSD, postgres and a few >> other projects, who agree to be bound by a majority vote of the panel. >> Is their support for this? Who should be on the panel? I'll kick things >> off my nominating Horst, Syan Tan, Tim Churches and Richard Terry. > I would hope that we (donors, enthusiasts) can break with the need to > maintain ultimate control and divest project management to someone who > has a history of successful team leadership and who isn't trying to > balance this job along with 10 GP sessions a week. > Mayby a Jon Patrick, Andrew Schrosbree, even someone like Geoff Sayer > who has industry experience is what we need. > Sure, the natural leaders of the GP community should have influence > but I believe we need to step back a little and manage the core of > the project along true commercial lines even if it is not-for-profit. > There will be ample opportunity for claiming pieces of the spin-offs > for those who want to assume a more hands on role. > > Tony
Personally I cannot think of anyone better than Ian Haywood. He has all the attributes of a BDFL; thoughtful, informed reasoning and reasonable, not prone to inflammatory statements and has proven a great willingness to do the hard yards. I am happy to entrust the future of Australian medical information systems to him. Ian of course cannot do it alone and the others he lists should be part of the supervising meritocracy. I agree with Tony that we need to wrap up some model that can allows us to draw on other resources such as objectconsulting or on one of the python houses. The next step, up to the plate, is Ian's. David
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