On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On 08/16/2010 04:56 PM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 01:15:42PM -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > >> > >> The problem I see is that for many situations there is little > >> difference between the two. While the Board is something like a People > >> Engineering Steering Committee it is hard to separate Distribution > >> from People at times. And without a formal charter of where things > >> line, both groups spend a lot of time throwing issues back and forth > >> because they don't feel its their ball but the other guys. [Even with > >> a formal charter this will happen.. just look at how every government > >> throws stuff from Legislative to Executive to Judicial and back > >> again.] > >> > > +1. > > FWIW, I proposed formally chartering and separating the responsibilities > between these groups a LONG LONG time ago, and was told that it was > unnecessary. > > I would happily support such an effort now. > My only concern here is that it seems FESCo as an org is focused on a lot of day to day work and technical problem solving. Those needs require a highly technical group like FESCo to think and discuss. But I don't ever remember seeing FESCo coming out with goals, long term plans and the like. Meanwhile I think the board has realized this and tried to fill in those holes. If FESCo has been working on those things and I didn't realize it please correct me. -Mike _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board