On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 09:04:01AM +0200, Haïkel wrote: > 2014-08-18 3:13 GMT+02:00 Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > It is a problem with the Board structure because there have been many people > > who have been on the board who have tried to do things only to find that the > > board does not have any 'power' to enact anything. > > > > Fedora has grown big, and it has become harder to set a shared vision > and common goals, communicating between groups too. What about our > relations with the broader community, the downward trend of distros ? > > I'm fine with a "supreme court" like board but something is missing in > our current organization. > What we're trying to fix is not the board per se, but Fedora's > leadership (what is supposed to be one of the board missions) One aspect of the discussion at Flock that I hoped would come through was the idea that the FPL would have the ability to add people that would augment the Board's power to get things done. What about a diversity representative who could help the Board and the project do better work in that area? What about a budget representative with money to spend on Fedora that could fund objectives? -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss
