Re: [gentoo-project] [RFC] Triumvirate in Gentoo

["Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier" <contact@hacktivis.me>]

[2020-06-04 09:15:37+0200] Michał Górny:
> All that said, I'd propose to meet in the middle -- following
> the ancient tradition, establish a triumvirate in Gentoo.  It would be:
> 
> 1. Technical lead -- a person with exceptional technical talents that
> would build the vision of Gentoo from technical perspective, i.e. make
> a distribution that people would love using.  Initially, this role could
> be taken by the QA lead.
> 
> 2. Social lead -- a person with exceptional social skills that would
> build the vision of Gentoo from community perspective, i.e. make
> a distribution that people would love contributing to.  Initially, this
> role would taken by the ComRel lead.
> 
> 3. Organization lead -- a person with (exceptional) business skills that
> would take care of all the financial and organizational aspects of
> Gentoo, i.e. make a distribution that sustains.  Initially, this role
> would be taken by the Foundation president.
> 
> Three seems to be a very good number -- on one hand, it's more than one,
> so the others can stop any single one from getting absolute power.
> On the other, it's small enough for them to be able to actively work
> together and directly establish a common set of goals (i.e. via
> an agreement rather than a majority vote).
> 
> 
> WDYT?

Sounds quite interesting, would they also have elections like other 
bodies in gentoo?
This way we do not end up with three dictators / immortals.

And I think there should maybe be two per lead, it's still very easy 
to reach consensus at 6 but it avoids getting to single-handed decisions,
specially when something only actually concerns one viewpoint/skill.

Best regards,