2010/9/21 Tux99 <[email protected]> > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, vfmBOFH wrote: > > > > Similar to the (failed) mandriva assembly, huh? > > > > I think it can be a good scheme. And comes with some "extras" like > localized > > communities can "elect" their representative on the future associaton, > and > > turns the "central hub" in a open discuss for them. If this scheme > sucess, > > transparency and openess of the representative's discursons are > guaranteed. > > > Since vfmBOFH mentions the failed mandriva assembly, I'd like to suggest > to please keep the organisational structure as flat as possible. > > On the internet where everyone has equal possibilities to be informed > and partecipate we don't need multi-level hierarchical structures with > so called local community representatives that have special rights or > influence. > > As we just saw during the first days of Mageia, the opinion of some > local community representatives don't necessarily match at all with the > opinions of the members of their community. > > So personally I don't see any point in local community representatives > as decision makers. If anything they should make sure that their > communities are informaed by arranging translations of relevant > information and manage their local forums, events etc. > > Any voting on global Mageia issues should be open to everyone, there > should be no delegations or representations as that's not necessary on > the internet. > > _______________________________________________ > Mageia-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss >
I did not say that representatives are decison makers. As its position indicates, they "represent" their respective communities. Their vote (or decision) *must* be their communities one. On the other hand, if every aspect of the distro should be voted on by each and every one of its users, the process of implementing a change would be too slow for what we are accustomed. I do not see the community voting en masse (and agreeing!) On every aspect of the distro. The "central hub" should be seen as a "parliament", where users (who have previously elected their representatives) are represented.
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