From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QsZFF-0004Rz-3o for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:52:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A09A21C1D4; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:52:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3820A21C1D1 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:52:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so3943653fxd.40 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:52:25 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Fm1O1KpW/JnAPJ2cbxobOla1hMOiG+ZbZaTcTOOHBig=; b=evGec69ZNXPnn9gqwlz1RXUMTsHcphU+xdOO9EsnCgb6kDfV4hYoBYFhF4941O+tc9 EcUkaLcF5bhLpS8RFzUYMWpbxHn/XzaxsSHbcGPNRp1GdlhBfB7T6RmW34Po8LY+UIri Wc8FjPt01M48NkmvHaETkJHykIhoEiA/FCw2s= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.51.204 with SMTP id e12mr3982537fag.50.1313322745432; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:52:25 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.223.105.208 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 04:52:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E47B326.4040207@gentoo.org> References: <4E47AC51.3030201@gentoo.org> <20110814111919.GF460@gentoo.org> <4E47B00E.4000706@gentoo.org> <20110814113144.GH460@gentoo.org> <4E47B326.4040207@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 07:52:25 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1KaIk7UsNywul52mnedS00YvjcY Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council appointed leaders for QA and DevRel From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f5faaa37e79c4f46a507a0fd59306e08 On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Markos Chandras wrote: > On 08/14/2011 12:31 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: >> That way you give the regular 1 year term to someone who >> does his/her job, but allow to intervene directly as needed (and not >> after 6 months). >> > This requires dedicated resources, meaning having people monitor the > activity of these teams and report problems/progress. Even if we enforce > elections every 6 months, if leaders/teams were active, it is highly > likely to retain their positions so no harm can come out of that :). I think that a forced re-appointment every six months is going to create a lot more work than just keeping an eye on things. And I don't think that anybody is proposing a very heavy level of monitoring here. Monitoring just means making sure that people aren't running around with torches and pitchforks calling for the Devrel lead's head. Rich