On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Dave Neary <dne...@maemo.org> wrote: > Hi, > > A quick note on meritocracies. > > Andrew Flegg wrote: >> According to Imad Sousou at the last TSG meeting[1], the MeeGo >> Technical Steering Group consists of two seats: >> >> * Intel (Imad Sousou) >> * Nokia (currently vacant after Valtteri Halla left Nokia) > > Companies typically don't have inherent merit. To cite one example, when > Mitchell Baker left AOL (I can't remember whether she resigned or was > laid off, it's irrelevant), AOL decided to appoint someone to take over > from her as Chief Lizard Wrangler. But Mitchell said "Hello, I'm still > here - I don't work for AOL any more, but I'm *still* the Chief Lizard > Wranger" - and people followed her, and not the AOL appointee. > > I had understood that the TSG was made up of Imad & Valtteri, not Intel > & Nokia. Has Valtteri resigned from the TSG officially? > > Combined with appointments of companies (whose representatives, with the > exception of Yonghui Wang of China Mobile, have not sent even one email > to any MeeGo lists) this makes MeeGo look less & less like a meritocracy > and more & more like a collection of corporate partnerships.
Dave before you start writing off MeeGo meritocracy you may want to look at all the mailing lists a little more closely. For example, MeeGo IVI had as its second post to the IVI mailing list this missive from myself: http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-ivi/2010-September/000001.html Pelagicore had announced itself as a contributor long before we volunteered to officially participate by assuming roles within the IVI project and long, long before we were confirmed in those roles by the TSG. >From my personal perspective as Release Manager for MeeGo IVI meritocracy is not a buzz word but the way releases get made - you need code to release after all. I take meritocratic and open governance quite seriously and want it to be clear that I'll always do everything I can to ensure that is the case in MeeGo IVI. <snip> Regards, Jeremiah _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list MeeGo-dev@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines
