As part of my attempt to simplify bureaucracy within Sugar Labs, I felt that Decision Panels were a redundant mechanism to find consensus within the community. The existing paragraph on Referenda offers a better way to make democratic decisions:
At times an issue may arise that merits gathering consensus from the community. Any member of the Sugar Labs Foundation can suggest a referendum. To be accepted, a request for a referendum must be endorsed by 10% of all of the membership. The overall referendum process is overseen by the Membership and Elections Committee, which can be reached at [email protected]. A 75% vote of all of the members can override an Oversight Board decision. MOTION: Apply the following patch to the Governance page: --- Governance.orig 2011-04-30 20:37:41.284321281 -0300 +++ Governance 2011-05-08 15:21:38.264523580 -0300 @@ -77,20 +77,6 @@ following the election of a new Represen the authority to instruct the Conservancy on the Project's behalf on all matters. -====Decision Panels==== - -The Oversight Board's role is to manage the day-to-day affairs of Sugar Labs -and to help the community to build consensus. On the rare occasion of a -contentious issue on which no general consensus can be reached, the Oversight -Board is responsible for convening a Decision Panel. The Oversight Board will -be responsible for determining when a Decision Panel is required and for -selecting members for the Decision Panel. Members of the Oversight Board are -not permitted to serve on a Decision Panel. A Decision Panel will solicit -community input, discuss (in private if they deem it necessary), reach a -conclusion internally, and produce a report documenting their conclusion. -(Anyone may submit advice to a Decision Panel.) The Oversight Board will review -and ratify Decision Panel reports. - ===Advisory Board=== The [[Sugar Labs/Governance/Advisory Board|Advisory Board]] is made up of -- _ // Bernie Innocenti \X/ http://codewiz.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
