Hello Drew, Well spoken. And with that, I declare the Community Bylaws adopted (provided nobody from the SC punches me in the face right away)...
Huzzah! Charles. Le Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:25:16 -0500, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> a écrit : > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 11:08 +0100, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > Last call: are we good on this? > > > > > Le Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:19:18 +0100, > > Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org> a écrit : > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Cor Nouws wrote on 2010-12-06 08.09: > > > > If those two or three employ so many developers on LibO that > > > > they can have a very large majority when voting for BoD seats, > > > > that could happen. But hey, two or three major sponsors > > > > cooperating in such an harmonius way in the project, would be > > > > so great ;-) > > > > > > generally, yes, but on the other hand, this once again makes us > > > very dependent, while we claim to be independent. Who can ensure > > > that decisions are not made just for corporate benefit (once > > > again playing paranoia)? :) > > > > > > Well, I'm totally undetermined on this point, so just as a thought > > > from my side. :-) > > > > > > Hello Charles, Florian, et al, > > The document reads like a final statement of intentions for me. > > Florian's earlier points regarding not excluding all TDF employees > from the board made good sense, particularly given the size of the > foundation currently,and a board consisting of 9 members, fewer board > members (half that) and I might disagree. > > The one month governor in the solemn address clause I think was a good > addition. Opening us up to unwarranted agitation in the community was > my biggest concern in raising the point regarding a call for early > elections and this is a good way to mitigate that risk. > > As for the later points on future full autonomy vs control by a small > group of corps. I think in the end there is no way to codify that risk > away, it just comes down to the people here. I would suggest that if > the board members act as stewards versus owners of the roles they > take on for the community, then the community and therefor the > foundation should flourish, independently. Given what I know of, who > I know here, my belief is that there is a good chance of just that > happening. > > IMO the likelihood of our staying independent, is much more dependent, > on the next phase of the Foundation's history. Constructing by > convention and act, rather then text, the 'nitty gritty' details of > how, as teams we will work together. > > Guess that's a long winded +1 on the current draft as final. > (typos not withstanding :-) > > Drew Jensen > > > -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
