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* Troy James Sobotka:
> On Tue, 2006-18-07 at 16:58 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
>> 1. The Art Council should not be responsible for granting Ubuntu
>> membership, because the risk is that the community won't get to know new
>>  members or hear about good work being done in the art area, and there
>> is a risk of less consistency in membership appointments.
> 
> Yep, it was confusion central ;).  I don't think there are any
> membership related issues at all with the council as far as I
> understand it.  I think "membership" was relating more to who
> is contributing on the team.  Not the political membership issues.

Ok, we got the confusion sorted out! But I think my point is still
there. If you read Mark's original mail, he speaks about giving the Art
Council being delegated the ability to grant Ubuntu membership. That was
what I was concerned about.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-June/002098.html

>> 2. Most decisions should be taken by the whole art team, while decisions
>> which are contentious can be taken by the Art Council. I think this is
>> important to ensure that everyone in the team plays a role in the
>> direction of the team and to ensure that important new contributors who
>> do not sit on the Art Council can participate fully.
>>
> 
> Right now, I think the AiCs are to drive the looks, and I imagine
> the council will probably discourse with the AiCs.  Of course,
> until the process has proven itself, I don't expect anyone to
> trust the form.  Trust will come.

Sure. I think that some structure for the art team is good, but at the
same time I also think that sometimes too much structure can prevent
wide collaboration. It's just a question of getting the balance right :)

Matt
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