On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 10:32:58AM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: >> I think that leads to a completely inactive and inattentive Board. If >> the Council never bothers to contact the Board, then big changes can >> happen without the Board even being aware, or aware of the >> implications down the road. How would a Board know what the community >> wants if they're only involved in the large changes infrequently and >> on request only? > > I think the basic answer here is "trust in democracy" -- this board > (the supervisory/"court" style one) might be hands-off but should be > comprised of members who take the role of representing the community values > seriously and actively. If they're not, they should be replaced at the next > election. Fedora isn't a democracy. It's a weird mix of meritocracy and democratic ideals. > As John says, "The Board is part of the community. They aren't living under > ground and only coming up when a ticket gets opened." I think the counter > argument is that it kind of feels like we *are* only doing that, and for > that matter, not really fully waking to deal with those tickets. Maybe > that's not completely fair, but I can see some truth to it. The fact that > board elections have so little interest, both in candidates and votes, seems > to support that. > > It's possible that being more forward about this future boards' role as > _primarily_ stewardship of Fedora values would help here, along with more > emphasis on that at election time. I think this is largely where we deviate here. I don't view the Board's role as ONLY stewardship of Fedora values. I view it as that plus facilitating and enabling the various groups across Fedora to better communicate and accomplish what they're trying to achieve. And as I've said, I don't think a two body setup is going to help at all with that. josh _______________________________________________ board-discuss mailing list board-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/board-discuss
