-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello everybody,
some of you will have noticed that the application processes of the MOTU Council have been taking several weeks, even months in extreme cases and we have been very unhappy with this status quo. We identified a number of reasons for this and have been discussing efforts to resolving this. The solution we propose is going to give us the benefits of both: the general membership process and our mailing list based discussion. Please share your feedback. 1) Preparing better applications using the wiki A template will be provided for an application, encouraging more complete applications which should help the members of the community who review and vote on the application in reducing their response times. This will help curve the current complaints received in the MOTU community concerning the amount of time that it takes for the MOTU Council to conclude their voting, which in most cases is hampered by the lack or length of responses by the applicant's sponsors. We'd like to ask future applicants to gather feedback from their sponsors before the application is sent in. This will cut down waiting time and it will make making a decision much easier. The application is still sent to the mailing list. 2) Request more explicit feedback Sponsors shall provide more explicit feedback, including specific areas in which they worked with applicants. We can base our decision on much better information if we know what your experience has been like, where you see areas of improvement and when you share around five examples of your collaboration. 3) Use the wiki Applications and endorsements shall be drafted on wiki pages, and presented for review when complete. This will give you the chance to use a template for the application, where we can make sure that most areas for the application are well-covered. Discussion can still happen on the mailing list. 4) Open IRC meetings for application approvals Application reviews and approvals shall happen at a fortnightly IRC Meeting. This is how every Council and Board deals with applications and is a great opportunity to talk to the applicant face to face. In addition to that we believe this will make our Council more approachable, inviting and interaction more immediate. We'd like to hold these meetings every two weeks and like to request two weeks of time for review and discussion before a decision is made in the meeting. We feel that these changes are going to be a notable improvement and we would like to hear your thoughts on them, so we can move to the new format real soon now. Have a great day, your MC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklk4vwACgkQRjrlnQWd1evZ7ACdHlMeeiOrflk/lN+pkS8DqUoP rYoAn0QOcENcQ6mR2djQQqIqTgflUNlt =qqAl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list Ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu