Hi Sruthi, >From your platform:
> 1. Administrative > > DPL helpers (DPL committee? DPL administrative assistance team?) > > I have heard from the previous DPLs that the workload is too huge to > be completed by a single person. During my last round of contesting, > someone suggested the concept of having helpers for DPL. I agree with > the thought process and I intend to have 1-2 people to do some work > that can be offloaded from the DPL workload. This would help in > reducing revert time and increasing efficiency. How would this work in practice? Specifically: In practice, the delegation mechanism makes it hard to delegate DPL powers without being quite specific about what is being delegated in terms of areas of responsibility and decision-making. Do you plan to use delegations for that offloading? I might be wrong, but I think that the only way offloading has worked in the past is by offloading specific tasks that don't involve the transfer of DPL powers, such as: - producing drafts, proof-reading documents - summarizing a specific issue and making recommandations to the DPL / advising the DPL on a specific area Do you plan to go further than that? If you plan to go further, don't you think that the needed coordination/alignment inside the "DPL team" will cost more than the gains? Also, if you plan to delegate DPL powers, do you already know who will be the 1-2 trusted persons that will work with you? (this is a problem in our election mechanism -- we elect one DPL, and it's a bit strange if there's a group of people hidden behind the curtains who we only learn about after the election) If you don't, how do you plan to recruit them? Lucas
