On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:51:05 +0530 "sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <foss.mailinglists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I guess the advisory-board list is as good as it gets if I wanted to > have a wider group discussing the point. So, here goes. > > My view, which I admit could be way off target, has been that the > various Steering Committees within Fedora are 'enablers'. Or, in > other words, they discuss, indulge in discourse and decide but with a > simple objective - to make Fedora better. This could be extrapolated > in terms of processes, technology, choices, goals and so forth. I agree. ;) > The point that I was pondering over for a couple of weeks is whether > we actually do go back and ask the *SCo(s) to look inwards and ask as > to what positive change they have brought forth. And, is that well > articulated amongst the constituents of the project. As much as such > change is a factor of the *SCo leadership team it is also a factor of > how much the cross *SCo vision/goal sharing happens. Do the *SCo(s) > have a formal process of discussing amongst themselves, the Board and > the Fedora Project Leader at reasonably frequent intervals taking > stock of the direction of the project ? > > So, have we really sat down and tried to assess how the Steering > Committees have made things better ? Thats a good suggestion... I know some of the steering committees have done so. It's a difficult one however as well, since it's hard to say what "better" is all the time. Better than not having done anything at all? I think retrospectives might be usefull, like we are doing for each release now... note things that you thought could have been done better and then they could be discussed when a new slate of people take office? kevin
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