At 10:48 PM 11/9/2001, Stephen Adkins wrote:
>Hi,
>
>We need a P5EE Board.
>A P5EE Board Member should be
>
> * well connected in the Perl community
> * experienced in writing Perl
> * a member of this list ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> (i.e. willing to be at least a passive participant)
>
>The role of the Board will be
>
> * to ensure that P5EE goes in a direction which is
> strategic to the Perl community
> * to vote on (or help resolve) high-level, strategic decisions
> * to communicate (informally and formally) P5EE's existence
> and progress to other key players in the Perl community
>
>A Board member does not need to be active in writing code for
>P5EE or organizing its activities.
>
>Is there anyone currently on this list who qualifies and
>who would be willing to fulfill the role of a Board member?
>
>Stephen
I guess this is a bit odd. What type of questions would be asked that you
think can't be resolved by a few days of +,- voting? Or would you basically
assume that only board members really get to vote?
Would board members have their own private mailing list to discuss board
issues?
I guess I don't really understand. This kind of makes sense when P5EE is a
reality and this list becomes more of a support list. So the board list
would be more like a strategic directions list but then that would be the
purpose of separating [EMAIL PROTECTED] from [EMAIL PROTECTED] should we
get so lucky.
I am all for having a benevolent dictator (like Stephen) but I am not sure
what message having a P5EE "board" really sends in terms of openness of
getting everyone's contributions in at such an early stage. It almost seems
like it would make sense when the effort has been around 6 months and let's
see who has really ended up contributing the most. I am also a bit
concerned that it will be too heavily geared towards people who started
early in the project (like now) rather than people who might get into it
some months from now.
All the things you want a board member to do, I don't know why they have to
be a board member to do it. Evangelize P5EE elsewhere? I dont think you
need to be a board member to do that? Help decide key issues? Again, I
don't think you need to be a board member to get your voice heard, etc.
The way it is presented, I would say that I want to be a board member but
partially because I don't want to get left out of some decision that I feel
that if I read this mailing list I will see something that really means
something to me and want to speak out. ie I don't want to be helpless. But
at the same time, I don't think that's the right motivation to be a board
member.
Do you have some concrete examples of the types of decisions you think a
p5ee board would resolve that the members of this mailing list in an open
+/- vote system would not? Other than whether the +/- vote system should be
in effect. :)
Later,
Gunther
