>>>>> "Neil" == Neil McGovern <ne...@debian.org> writes:
Neil> I think my point is that we should strive to reach the point
Neil> where it's not inevitable, and that our reality can change. It
Neil> should never be the case that making a hard decision leads to
Neil> abusive messages, and I believe as a project we must act to
Neil> try and achieve this goal.
Neil> For leadership roles, such as release manager, or ftp master,
Neil> I think it's doubly important. Putting aside the issue of
Neil> current volunteers, and the project's duty to ensure a safe
Neil> and welcoming environment, this affects the overall ability
Neil> for the project to attract new volunteers at all.
Neil> These key posts can be aspirational for new contributors - the
Neil> concept that one day you could be an ftp-master is
Neil> attractive. However, if we accept that in order to reach one
Neil> of these key roles you have to be willing to accept a certain
Neil> level of abuse, then we have failed to produce that welcoming
Neil> community, and will fail to attract and retain a diverse and
Neil> thriving team.
Neil> This is obviously not something that ftp-masters can solve,
Neil> but I think it is useful to highlight this issue for the wider
Neil> project.
Neil> Thanks, Neil --
I strongly agree.
I hope we as a community accept that the status quo is wrong:
* we are heaping abuse on our leaders
* Sometimes it is not clear that our teams our meeting the needs of the
project
I hope we choose to solve both of these together.
--Sam
