[Brug-admin] [Fwd: Re: Post-FOSDEM momentum]

[Tom Klaasen]

+1

But may I suggest to continue using the admin mailing list to keep the  
discussions in the open? There's no need for everybody to respond, but  
the core group shouldn't be whispering in a corner, either.

When a general vote is needed, it can be mentioned in the subject of  
the mail with [VOTE].

That certain people will need to reorganize the rules of their mailbox  
for this to work, that's their concern :-P


Tom Klaasen

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On 5-mrt-08, at 11:04, Peter Vanbroekhoven wrote:

> Tom Klaasen wrote:
>> My experience with volunteer-efforts is that a 'benevolent  
>> dictator' is
>> often needed, exactly to circumvent the committee-feeling.
>
> That phrase has been spooking through my head for a while now. I have
> been thinking the same thing.
>
> I am willing to do most or all of the 'field work', but I have to know
> what I'm working for.
>
> We should rethink the admin structure a bit. I would keep the admin  
> list
> because I want the admin group to be an open thing. But we can have a
> core group of a few people, 3 or 5 (preferably an odd number). This  
> core
> group wouldn't have a list and mail each other directly.
>
> Basically, for simple things like "general BRUG meeting last week of
> March?", the core group decides. They get 24 hours to vote (+1 or -1)
> and someone (our benevolent dictator if you will) can break ties if  
> needed.
>
> For more elaborate proposals, such as the structure of the website, I
> suggest the proposal is submitted to the general admin list who get 48
> hours to comment, add/remove ideas, etc. If it turns out the proposal
> was way off, we lather rinse repeat. The discussion is then summarized
> by the submitter of the proposal, proposal is adapted where necessary,
> and the proposal is put up for vote with the core admin people per the
> above procedure. (I suggest the courtesy of not voting against unless
> you have voiced your concerns before.)
>
> So more or less this is a new procedure to make decisions faster,  
> and we
> have one person who takes the necessary decisions in case the  
> procedure
> stalls. If it doesn't work, we can still revise it later on, but the  
> way
> it is now, it's hard to get things done; it feels like the Belgian
> governments, and we don't want to be _that_ Belgian.
>
> Peter
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