A suggestion was made on the "Gettin' our @$$3$ in gear. or, a team restructuring" thread about creating an art council as the decision making body of this team but I believe we already have a working solution in place.
Using Fedora as an example, the Fedora artTeam is lead by MairinDuffy<http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MairinDuffy>. It is my understanding Mairin is employed by Redhat and I assume has responsibilities simular Ken's. Mairin may seek council when working issues but I believe the final decision is hers. Mairin is assisted in the day-to-day activities by Nicu Buculei. It is my understanding Nicu is not employed by Redhat but contributes to the list, maintains wiki content, and assists in getting submissions ready. Nicu has also authored some how-to's on Inkscape which were published in Redhat magazine. Our model could easily be as follows. Artwork Team Lead - Kenneth Wimer Artwork Team Ambassador - Christina Kokott ( Ken's backup ) Artwork Team Wiki Coach - Thorsten Wilms (monitors all Artwork Team wiki content) Other Coaches - As needed (e.g. packaging, icons, GTK themes) (Coach = Mentor) :) I believe anyone can subscribe to the Fedora artTeam mailing list but must be approved before they can receive team membership. That is to say mailing list subscriber does not equal team member. Some of the reasons for this is simply "paper work". All team members must have a Fedora account. Having a Fedora account requires agreement to published policies and procedures. Uploading content to Fedora has many of the same dependencies as Launchpad. Very simply what are our requirements for membership? 1) ask to join (mail list) 2) disclose interest (mail list) 2) agree to "code of conduct" (need to validate) 3) create launchpad account (need to validate) 4) create a wiki personal page (need to validate) 5) Others (?) Why wouldn't someone make the team? * doesn't ask * has no interest * does not agree to "code of conduct" * no launchpad account * poor fit (Ken's call) Who will validate our requirements are satisfied? In the case of Fedora I believe any existing team member can validate a request for membership. I believe this will work for us but in all cases the final decision is Ken's or Ken's delegate. Why do I feel this will work? Ubuntu depends on Canonical, Canonical depends on Community. Thoughts, John
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