How long can one obtain
as a gatekeeper or board member? Is there a term limit (a desirable
thing, IMHO, as it forces an organization to develop new leaders rather
than having the same faces in the same places)?
In this case, as with AFS standardisation, I strongly disagree that term
limits are desirable. At their worst, they just ensure the retirement of
strong post holders, and their replacement with inexperienced ones.
OpenAFS badly needs a way of encouraging new faces, and growing those
individuals into positions of responsibility. I don't believe that requiring
the abdication of successful leaders after some arbitrary period will help
with this. It's kind of like cutting off the head of a random animal in the
hope that it will grow a new one - it works in a small number of cases, but
the rest of the time you'll end up with a lifeless corpse.
I'm not sure about the accuracy of that simile. The above suggestion doesn't
imply the metaphorical "cutting off" of anything, as experienced leaders
would surely be expected to stay around and fill at least an advisory
(if not controlling) role.
But then, bearing that in mind, it's unclear to me as well how much good
term limits could actually do towards the goal of encouraging new people
to take actual responsibility. But too strict a seperation of
responsibilities would probably lead to the decapitated body you
described.
Regards,
Felix
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