On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:49 AM, John Plocher <John.Plocher at sun.com> wrote: > Michelle Olson wrote: >> I propose that rather than re-categorizing existing >> groups and projects, we add a layer to the hierarchy called Steering >> Committees (SCs) made up of Facilitators. > > I like the idea of giving Facilitators authority, but I'm not sure > how SCs actually simplify things - especially the mishmash of 40-some > CGs that overlap "ownership" of code, interest and expertise....
Simply adding steering committees as an extra layer doesn't help of itself; you still need the rest of the reorganisation. And I want to get rid of layers, not add them. Mind you, the Steering Committee idea (and I would just have one) would address my question "where does the strategy come from?". (But even there, I would expect it to be more of a coordination activity than defining strategy; I'm under no illusions that many members of the community have their strategic directions set in other ways. For Sun employees it might be their job as defined by Sun management which doesn't have to have the same goals as the community; independent community members have their own agendas and wouldn't appreciate being directed.) -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
