<p dir="ltr">Hey guys, I was just wondering if there was any progress on this in the last 6 months. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 12, 2013 5:44 PM, "Matthew Garrett" <<a href="mailto:mjg59@srcf.ucam.org">mjg59@srcf.ucam.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Fedora is fundamentally a somewhat anarchic collective. Our governance<br>
model is built around fostering coordination rather than leadership. In<br>
that context, the existing board structure is an obvious failure. The<br>
meaningful things we do are make decisions on the use of project IP and<br>
come up with handwavy ideas about project direction. We're theoretically<br>
the last line of appeal against any other decisions, but in most cases<br>
we're less qualified to make that decision than whichever group did so<br>
originally.<br>
<br>
Handling project IP is important. I don't think we need a board to do<br>
it. Determining project direction is important. I think an<br>
elected-but-not-actually-representative board is the wrong body to do<br>
that. Being entirely honest, the reason I stood for the board was that I<br>
was concerned about the potential for a refocusing of the project's<br>
direction in a way that didn't interest me. It's great that people chose<br>
to elect me, but right now I have no other involvement in Fedora's<br>
governance. My contributions to Fedora are fairly minimal - I work on a<br>
few tiny corners of some important packages, but otherwise I just talk a<br>
lot. The fact that it was so easy for me to get on the board and<br>
influence these decisions is arguably a failure in process.<br>
<br>
So, a council-type arrangement seems entirely appropriate. I endorse<br>
this proposal.<br>
<br>
--<br>
Matthew Garrett | <a href="mailto:mjg59@srcf.ucam.org">mjg59@srcf.ucam.org</a><br>
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