[squeak-dev] Terms of Reference: discussion is open

Igor Stasenko siguctua at gmail.com
Thu Nov 5 16:07:15 UTC 2009


2009/11/5 David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com>:
> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:25:13PM +0200, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>> The discussion about Squeak Oversight Board Terms of Reference is now open.
>>
>> Please review the page on board's blog
>> (http://squeakboard.wordpress.com/discussion-terms-of-reference/) is
>> page and do not hesitate to take a part in discussion.
>>
>> With your help, let us define clearly what is the range of Board???s
>> responsibilities, what decisions Board allowed to make and what is
>> not. Where lies the end of Board???s power and starting power of Teams
>> and/or individuals.
>
> I am perfectly happy to have the board actually do what it was elected
> to do, and I see no reason to inhibit the board from providing oversight
> and taking action if needed. That includes invoking the SOGOTP clause
> in the rare case of a previously chartered team blocking the overall
> progress of the community while pursuing vaguely defined objectives
> on an unspecified timeline.
>
> Full credit to the board for facing the issue publicly, but I vote to
> stop worrying about this and carry on with Squeaking.
>

I am also prefer to worry about technical stuff, rather than political
& bureaucratic.
But we had a call from community to define these terms, so in case of
questions or conflict we will have something we
could refer to.

> Dave
>
>
>



-- 
Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.



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