On Sun, 2007-08-26 at 15:42 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
So if you are a EPEL contributor: what do you want? Do you want to elect a EPEL Steering Committee? Do you want a bigger or a smaller one? Do you want to get rid of it?
I'll let my man Chuck D speak for me:
"Power to the people with no delay."
Fedora is evolving, and where? Steering committees don't seem fit the need like they did before.
I like a bit of how Mike is organizing F-Infra, around functional teams that operate semi-autonomously, and report back to each other. EPEL seems like it could follow a similar model. Multiple groupings loosely coupled as a SIG, meeting once a week to be sure the bearings are rolling smoothly.
To get there, I think we evolve. As you suggest, lower the influence, role, or meaning of the steering committee. Try to get some functional leaders to focus their contributions over certain areas. Add a sponsorship methodology so people can help in these functional areas, gaining access as they merit, etc.
The more technical the Fedora group, the less formal structure I think it should have.
- Karsten