[Mageia-discuss] Mageia Forums

Tue Sep 21 18:50:00 CEST 2010

What we're likeling heading to is (we'll be more specific in the coming days):
+ - a board, about 12 people (counting, renewed by third every year at
+least (what third? still to be decided, or what to do if more than
+that resigns)
+ - board is elected by active members at a yearly general assembly (at
+FOSDEM ? other ? not decided),
+ - active members are co-opted by existing active members,
+ - this board will decide/manage all aspect of the project/org and
+each member will delegate to teams (that will be set up after the list
+provided in a coming wiki) as well as report.
+ - note that doesn't mean board will not listen to the community - not
+quite the goal and this flow of information and collaboration, as Marc
+notices, will work for everyone committing to it. Goodwill and trust
+are key.
+
+There are still many things to sort out. Exciting. :-)
+
+Romain
+
+On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 18:30, vfmBOFH <vfmbofh at gmail.com> wrote:
+>
+>
+> 2010/9/21 Tux99 <tux99-mga at uridium.org>
+>>
+>> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, vfmBOFH wrote:
+>> >
+>> > Similar to the (failed) mandriva assembly, huh?
+>> >
+>> > I think it can be a good scheme. And comes with some "extras" like
+>> > localized
+>> > communities can "elect" their representative on the future associaton,
+>> > and
+>> > turns the "central hub" in a open discuss for them. If this scheme
+>> > sucess,
+>> > transparency and openess of the representative's discursons are
+>> > guaranteed.
+>>
+>>
+>> Since vfmBOFH mentions the failed mandriva assembly, I'd like to suggest
+>> to please keep the organisational structure as flat as possible.
+>>
+>> On the internet where everyone has equal possibilities to be informed
+>> and partecipate we don't need multi-level hierarchical structures with
+>> so called local community representatives that have special rights or
+>> influence.
+>>
+>> As we just saw during the first days of Mageia, the opinion of some
+>> local community representatives don't necessarily match at all with the
+>> opinions of the members of their community.
+>>
+>> So personally I don't see any point in local community representatives
+>> as decision makers. If anything they should make sure that their
+>> communities are informaed by arranging translations of relevant
+>> information and manage their local forums, events etc.
+>>
+>> Any voting on global Mageia issues should be open to everyone, there
+>> should be no delegations or representations as that's not necessary on
+>> the internet.
+>>
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+>
+> I did not say that representatives are decison makers. As its position
+> indicates, they "represent" their respective communities. Their vote (or
+> decision) *must* be their communities one.
+>
+> On the other hand, if every aspect of the distro should be voted on by each
+> and every one of its users, the process of implementing a change would be
+> too slow for what we are accustomed. I do not see the community voting en
+> masse (and agreeing!) On every aspect of the distro.
+>
+> The "central hub" should be seen as a "parliament", where users (who have
+> previously elected their representatives) are represented.
+>
+>
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