Re: [gentoo-project] Meeting agenda - Council meeting 2018-04-08

[Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@gentoo.org>]

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On 18-04-09 11:36:11, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to apologize for this harmful generalization. Not all
> > Trustees in the history of Foundation were incompetent. In particular,
> > it is worth noting that Robin H. Johnson has put a significant effort
> > in improving the tax situation, and Daniel Campbell had his contribution
> > too.
> >
> 
> Honestly, I think would be helpful if everybody tries to
> de-personalize this discussion.
> 
> I think it makes the most sense to figure out what kind of
> meta-structure we want, without regard to the titles individuals are
> currently holding.  We can always hold an election to re-sort people
> (old or new) into the new roles (IMO this should be done if we make
> any major changes, precisely because we DON'T want to design roles
> with named individuals in mind).
> 

It's with this in mind that I've made my current (and previous)
proposals.

> I think the question should be what kind of design is sustainable.
> 
> I do think that the skills we have to work with should be fair game in
> a discussion.  We're mostly programmers/sysadmins/enthusiasts, and
> lawyers are pretty rare in the community.  I do think that our
> metastructure would benefit from emphasizing the skills our community
> actually has.  We could also hire in skills we don't have, and I don't
> have an issue with that, but again in that case we need to be mindful
> of our current cash flow.  It doesn't make sense to adopt the
> metastructure appropriate for a company with a $50M annual budget when
> we operate on a small fraction of this.
> 
> However, all of this can be done without smearing those serving in
> various roles today.  IMO most genuinely are trying to do what they
> think is best for the distro, and I doubt most would have been elected
> if a lot of people didn't share that sentiment.
> 

My proposal does not preclude moving under an umbrella org (I think it
makes it easier actually).

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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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