On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 9:29 PM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> OK, finally a first stab at a charter to create a Fedora Community >> Working group. >> >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rdieter/Draft_Fedora_Community_Working_Group >> >> Comments? > > Hi Rex, > > This sounds reasonable and there is clearly a need for mechanisms to > resolve disputes and promote a happy project but I do have some > reservation about creating a new body that by the nature of the work > it is tasked with is largely a black box. > > Currently we have three governance bodies that all do this sort of > community work. Is the intention to remove these functions from those > bodies and aggregate that effort into this new group? If so, what do > you see as the benefit of doing that? I'd like to add that this snippet here - "The Community Working Group aims to act as a central point of contact by being available to communicate needs between various groups within project, including group leaders, contributors, and users." - sounds much like what the logistics@xxxx list currently provides. Is the intent to replace that cross-group facilitation as well as provide actual mediation for disputes and such? -Robyn > > John > _______________________________________________ > advisory-board mailing list > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board > _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board