On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Bernie Innocenti <[email protected]> wrote: > Nobody commented on this motion... who is +1? who is -1? > > On Sun, 2011-05-08 at 17:56 -0400, Bernie Innocenti wrote: >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > SLOBs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs >
+1 While I have no real issue with the Decision Panel mechanism, I agree that a referendum would essentially serve the same purpose; no reason to have both. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
