On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Michael Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:02:43 -0400, Paul Tagliamonte wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Michael Gilbert >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hey all, >> > >> > I was looking at historical information about the Ohio loco team in >> > launchpad. It looks like at one point (in 2007) it was decided that the >> > group would be governed by a council. It looks like we've somewhat >> > strayed from that at this point to dispersed reloco teams, thanks to >> > paultag's handiwork :) >> >> :) >> >> > >> > I think that has been a very useful/great development, but now I'm >> > wondering if the council structure still matters? And how do reloco >> > leads fit into the council sructure? Are they defacto council members >> > now? >> >> the "new" council is -- https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio-buckeyes >> >> ReLoCo leads are "Council" members. Everyone ( including contact ) has >> an *equal* say with team matters ( votes, etc ) > > There are also the rockstars, which include Jacob, Chase, and Johnathan > Mlady (not sure who he is). Should they automatically be a part of the
John is dvz- -- and everyone in that group is *[email protected] or *[email protected] I figure it's a cool way to thank people who work for the Ubuntu project > council? IMHO, yes > >> > I couldn't find any historical information about the role of the team >> > contact, so I kind of view that as the position created by paultag, >> > and embodied by his work over the past year or so. I wonder if we >> > need/want a strong lead/executive or if a move back to a council would >> > be better? Figuring all of this out is particularly important in light >> > of the current election. >> >> It's a LoCo Team thing ( globally ). Every team needs a contact to the >> LoCo Council -- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamContacts >> >> It's the person who talks with Canonical and the LoCo Council about >> the team. It's the "face" of the team to the wider community. >> >> With some teams, they are the bdfl. I hate taking the title of bdfl, >> so I tried to place other people in charge, so that when ( and if ) >> issues arise, they would be there to ensure I was not being heavy >> handed or anything like that. >> >> We need a "contact". We could always make a pseudo-person the contact, >> and his email be the [email protected] >> mailing list. > > Right, my question is more about how important the contact position > itself should be. Should it be a strong executive position like you've > pushed it toward, or should it be more of an administrative position as > in the past? > > I suppose this is actually more up to the future elected contact, so it +1 > would be a good question for the current candidates. What > roles/responsibilities do you see for the team contact, and what is > your "one year" plan for executing the responsibilities of the team > contact position? Do you have any plans to modify the existing > governing structure? Lets hear it, boys! > > Gilbert > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- All programmers are playwrights, and all computers are lousy actors. #define sizeof(x) rand() :wq _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
