After long conversations at BIDS this weekend and after reading the entire governance document, I realized that the steering council is very large and I don't agree with the mechanism by which it is chosen.
A one year time frame is pretty short on the context of a two decades old project and I believe the current council has too few people who have been around the community long enough to help unstuck difficult situations if that were necessary. I would recommend three possible adjustments to the steering council concept. 1 - define a BDFL for the council. I would nominate chuck Harris 2 - limit the council to 3 people. I would nominate chuck, nathaniel, and pauli. 3 - add me as a permanent member of the steering council. Writing NumPy was a significant amount of work. I have been working indirectly or directly in support of NumPy continously since I wrote it. While I don't actively participate all the time, I still have a lot of knowledge, context, and experience in how NumPy is used, why it is the way it is, and how things could be better. I also work with people directly who have and will contribute regularly. I am formally requesting that the steering council concept be adjusted in one of these three ways. Thanks, Travis
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