[Elections] Stepping down (and stepping up)

[Peter Crowther]

> From: goran at krampe.se
> "Peter Crowther" <Peter at ozzard.org> wrote:
> > 1. Board replaces team leader with someone who will co-operate;
> > 2. New team leader removes unwanted member.
> Ehm... an *extremely* vague possibility though.

I hope so, yes.

> Sure, but... well, the team model doesn't actually say that the board
> has the ability to *replace* a team leader. It just says the board
> assigns the team leader that is willing to do it. And if that leader
> steps down the next leader is also officially "assigned" by the board.
> 
> This is at least my interpretation of my own words and my own thoughts
> at the time when I wrote them ;).

Fair enough.  Evidently I put a different interpretation on it.

> Personally I think we have bigger fish to fry than to dream 
> up these odd unlikely scenarios.

<shrug> Then why does this team exist?  We have an apparently-working
board selection process (nobody seems to have complained about the
process, just the timescale); we have a team model; we have a board that
is presumed by the model to be incorruptible and infallible.  What work
is left for this team to do under those assumptions?

It had previously been mooted that this team would go on and look at
more general governance issues.  If that's still on the agenda - and it
may not be - then I would argue that it is exactly these odd, unlikely
scenarios that need examination.  To use a programming analogy: if we're
going to come up with robust code, we have to consider exceptions.  I'd
rather the exception block was something other than [self halt: 'Erm...
I don't know what to do now.'].

So: From here, what are the objectives for this team?

		- Peter