-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ello,
By the way, no need to CC: me, I'll try and follow the list better from now on. * Matthew Revell: > Hi Matthew, > > On 30/06/06, Matthew East <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sorry if I have missed a trick - I've just started reading this list, >> but what are the reasons for having a contact point? I think it's >> important to get those clear, because not all teams require leaders or >> contacts, > > We didn't discuss that in the meeting and I haven't seen any > discussion of it on the list, so I assume that it hasn't been > discussed. As I'm new to the way Ubuntu teams are organised, I have to > admit that, when the issue was raised, I assumed that teams had a > contact point by default. > > Any reduction in bureaucracy and unnecessary hierarchy is welcome. > However, I do wonder if a contact point, or contact points, would be > useful within time. For example, if a third-party organisation were > looking for a press release or some data on Ubuntu, I think it would > be beneficial to have one email address that they could use to contact > the team, assuming we ever took on that sort of role for the project. I agree, but I tend to think that [EMAIL PROTECTED] would do the job well, certainly at the beginning. Then perhaps if the need arises, it can be discussed, rather than doing things the other way round. On the other hand, the team might easily feel that a contact person could be helpful from the beginning, I don't know. Let's see how this thread develops. > How does it work in the Documentation Team? Looking at your wiki > pages, it appears that you don't have one person who takes a team > leader or similar role. That's right - we don't have a contact or team leader, and I think it works really well. Decisions are taken on a team basis in meetings or via the mailing list, and 3 or so people administrate the launchpad team (which we use to broadly define who has access to our repository). For what it's worth, the current rule is that the members of that group should be Ubuntu members before joining. I think it will vary according to the dynamic of the team, but I certainly think it's important that if a team establishes a leader/contact, the role is defined. Matt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEpUTmtSaF0w5rBv8RAvNGAKCBnPdC48JsxeCIBjN7WvADBIGFMACeLQ7H 3HLde+AT53jSdlydBlvkRQY= =BfP2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
