On Tuesday 11 December 2007 03:57, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Hello Scott, ... > > I'd also like to see such decisions taken transparently in a public > > forum. > > What I personally want to avoid is to have public discussions about the > merits of volunteers as they rarely do good. Giving input and sharing > concerns is all fine and important (also a demonstration of how much you > care about MOTU), but discussing the qualities (or lack thereof) > of people who volunteer to do good work is likely to put people off. > > > I'm not a fan of secret decision making in FOSS projects. > > This makes it look much worse than it actually is. > I'm not sure how.
The MC took volunteers and made a decision without there being any publich record of it. While I don't think there was any problem with the result in this case, I think that is pretty close to the dictionary defintion of secret. I agree that there is a risk of alienating people when you discuss the merits and demerits of people in public, but you have to balance that against the benifits of openness. I believe that, in the long run, while there will be some negatives, the benifits of an open and transparent community management process are substantial and will definitely outweight those negatives. Scott K -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
