Thank you for posting that draft as it is a useful comparison to borrow from. I think Nathaniel's original document is a great start. Perhaps some tweaks along the lines of what you and Matt have suggested could also be useful.
I agree that my proposal is mostly about altering the governance model, mixed with some concern about being "automatically disqualified" from a council that can decide the future of NumPy if things don't move forward. -Travis On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 12:57 AM, Stefan van der Walt <stef...@berkeley.edu> wrote: > On 2015-09-20 11:20:28, Travis Oliphant <tra...@continuum.io> wrote: > > I would recommend three possible adjustments to the steering council > > concept. > > > > 1 - define a BDFL for the council. I would nominate chuck Harris > > > > 2 - limit the council to 3 people. I would nominate chuck, nathaniel, > and > > pauli. > > > > 3 - add me as a permanent member of the steering council. > > I would split the above into two parts: a suggestion on how to change > the governance model (first half of 1 and 2) and then some thoughts on > what to do once those changes have been made (latter half of 1 and 2, as > well as 3). > > For now, since those changes are not in place yet, it's probably best > to focus on the governance model. > > I would agree that one person (or a very small group) is best suited to > "getting things unstuck". And, personally, I believe it best for that > person/persons to be elected by the community (whatever we define "the > community" to be)---which is what I presume you suggested when you > mentioned nominating candidates. > > Since Matthew mentioned the governance proposal we're working on, here > is a very early draft: > > > https://github.com/stefanv/skimage-org/blob/governance_proposal/governance.md > > As I said, this is still a work-in-progress--comments are welcome. > E.g., the weighting element in the voting has to be fine tuned (but was > put in place to prevent rapid take-overs). > > Essentially, we need: > > - a way for community members to express disagreement without being > ousted, > - protection against individuals who want to exert disproportional > influence, > - protection against those in leadership roles who cause the project > long-term harm, > - and a way for the community to change the direction of the project if > they so wished. > > Stéfan > _______________________________________________ > NumPy-Discussion mailing list > NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org > https://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > -- *Travis Oliphant* *Co-founder and CEO* @teoliphant 512-222-5440 http://www.continuum.io
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