Steve Dodier wrote: > I must say I don't totally agree on the fact that this team lacks > leadership, and I think you're handling this role pretty well, Cory, since > you're one of those who take upon themselves to follow the progress of the > projects going on here, to give advice to people when they're going on the > wrong direction, etc. >
While I can chime in about certain things with some amount of credulity I don't feel I am quite the guy for the lead of this team. I manage projects under the team fine but as a whole, it's not something i want. > Since there is a lot to do there, I think having a "council", a group of > moderators/administrators may be the most suitable way to go. But this would > be useless if there is nothing to lead/manage. Sure. I'm thinking of the council as the group that set policy and overall team direction. > And that's where I totally > disagree on the idea of splitting the ubuntu-art list into two lists, a > public one for customers, and another, private, for artists. > > I don't believe it would cause any problems in the first months, but the > risk here is to repel newcomers who may be great artists but don't feel > confident enough to go in the process of being accepted as "members". > > Also, I fear that this cuts you, the artists (pretty brilliant, I must say) > from *us* (obviously i belong to this group, but in no means i intend to > speak in the voice of anyone but me), the community members, the ones who > will use your artwork on our computers. > > I think the role of the mailing list is to let anyone make a first step in > the direction of the team, and to exchange ideas, and I must say I'd be > quite disappointed of not being able to follow what's going on here, just > because I like keeping in touch with those who make the artwork I use, and > because it's always a good occasion to learn a few things. > > If you are worried about the idea that anyone can post (and thus, it's true, > disturb a serious process, even if I don't think it happens that much), > then, yes, you should make this list moderated. But I would like to know the > criterias for having a voice. Would it be only for artists, as persons who > are capable of making high quality artwork with opensource tools, or would > there also be a place for community members, who don't have anything to > offer but feedback, and who are just not skilled enough to actually > contribute ? > This is how the current Ubuntu development lists work (split into 2 lists) and it works quite well. It's pretty much my model. Still not something I'm hard set on, but feel it needs chat. Some of the reason for a split. is to lower the signal to noise. (small part) another would to be to discuss policy and maybe a quieter place to interact with what/whomever (Julian?) at Canonical. -Cory K. -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
