> > 1. Initiator sends email to gwt-contrib & gwt-steering to get initial > thoughts, asking for responses within a fixed timeframe. >
I don't see the point of duplicating the discussion by putting gwt-contrib and gwt-steering in cc. Once Gerrit does not send mails to gwt-contrib I think gwt-contrib will be easy to follow as currently there are not a lot non-gerrit posts. So I would vote for holding the whole discussion on gwt-contrib only, and announce the final decision for a proposal on gwt-steering. Also who is "Initiator"? Everyone or just SC members? I assume its just SC members because you said you want the discussion on both mailing lists as gwt-steering is read only for most of us. > 2. After the specified time period, if there's enough initial support, the > initiator writes up a formal proposal (in Google docs) in a template > similar to: > 1. Proposal > 2. Motivation > 3. Schedule > 4. Owner(2) > 5. Decision date and checkbox for each SC member to signify position on it > (yes, no, nuetral) > A proposal template should be created. If you mean "everyone" with "Initiator" then it should be uploaded/linked somewhere where its easy to find (gwtproject.org) 3. The proposal is discussed in the Google doc (open to comments from > everyone, but editable only by the owner). > > 4. By the decision date, each SC member indicates whether they support the > proposal. If a SC meeting is needed, a meeting is held. > Basically I like the idea of having a formal document describing the issue and after the whole decision process is done that contains the votes (and maybe reasons of a "no" vote) of each steering member. In an ideal world I would like to see a condensed view of all steering decisions (= link to the final signed proposal) on gwtproject.org along with links to relevant information (gwt-contrib discussion, meeting minutes) that have led to these decisions. That would give visitors of gwtproject.org a strong signal how decisions are made in GWT and who made them (name + company name if available). If the "who" part also contains the company name its also a strong signal that GWT probably wont die anytime soon because some big players are involved. Basically I would not like to search for decisions on gwt-steering because it is "polluted" with lots of discussions over time. IMHO a mailing list is just bad for documenting these more important, high level issues and decisions. -- J. -- http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit-Contributors --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GWT Contributors" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-web-toolkit-contributors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
