On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg <greg.dekoenigsberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:38:37PM -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Greg DeKoenigsberg >>> <greg.dekoenigsberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> > Perhaps it's worth considering that structure again. An executive >>> > board that consists of the various committee heads. Docs team, >>> > Ambassadors team, FESCO, Web team, etc., all gathering together weekly >>> > to discuss the issues within their teams. Election no longer happens >>> > at the Board level, but at the committee level, where most of the work >>> > gets done, and where the constituents are closer to the leadership. >>> >>> The corollary to this proposal: a significant number of these >>> committee heads would need to be *actually elected*, and not appointed >>> by fiat. Perhaps FESCO would be exempted. Red Hat would need to be >>> comfortable with such a structure, of course. >> >> I think you should go back and read the content from the meeting. The >> proposal isn't markedly different from this suggestion, except that it >> doesn't require that each and every team have a member in the council, >> but rather that groups of teams might be combined to provide a member. >> And it doesn't dictate that the FPL appoint blindly, but rather that >> these groups could select a member. I feel that consensus would be a >> better method than election, but neither way is ruled out. > > Hey, I knew it was a good idea! > > (Got a link for when I learn to read?) nvm, it was all in the first email in the thread. I just didn't understand that proposal to be substantially the same as my proposal. I'll drill down on those slides. --g > >> -- >> 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 _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss
