William, this is going to be my last mail on this topic. I just want to reflect my opinion on this. If pulled out the statements I (disagree/have a different opinion) with below. I hope I'm not pulling something out of context. Anyways:
> > Don't mistake our reluctance to rush in on a new election process > without thinking it through as some sort of power grab. I'm not making a mistake. I'm just pointing out. The issue at hand is that guidance was missing. We don't even have a definition of the next milestone and what's part of it nor a release target for all to adjust to. > The current active board members > (me, Bruce, and Sander) are still very interested in the project but > we're too busy to contribute *code* to the project. That doesn't mean > we aren't able and willing to discuss issues related to it, it just > means we can't lay down code right now. And this is my problem with the current board. You don't need to contribute code. Actually IMHO you shouldn't even think about it. The purpose of the board in my understanding and by your definition (Quote from the Website) "The provisional board has the highest authority to make decisions regarding the project, including (but not limited to) the administration, creative direction, and official policies of the project. It also has the highest authority for resolving project- related conflicts among project contributors." Now where's the creative direction, where is the active guidance and conflict resolution? This is not CODE this is architecture, design and documentation. Generally speaking areas where a good engineer sucks at. What I'm talking about is being available on IRC for questions and to document these decisions. An example: - Adam Stevenson called for a virtual meeting on July 20. There was no reply by a board member to the topic (excluding server issues) and interestingly the meeting was mostly a two-way conversation between Adam and myself. So essentially no board member has shown for the meeting or even requested a different meeting date/time. THIS IS THE PROBLEM I HAVE. > We can certainly bring Mike in on the board as he seems to be a very > active force in getting things accomplished around here. I'm not interested as I have different views on certain things and would only cause more irritation inside the board. > Once we've got a solidified board we can begin the debate and drafting > of the necessary proposals to create a good governance/election system > and community process. Good. About time ;) Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
