Board Composition Proposal

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:08:08AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
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> On 8/17/10 8:31 AM, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> When I was a member of the board and we went through a round of
> >> appointments, all appointment candidates were discussed within the
> >> board, and I don't recall there being an appointment that did not have
> >> the full current board approval.  That may not be codified in any
> >> written bylaw, but it seemed to be standard practice, and thus little
> >> chance of a renegade FPL stuffing the board with yes-people.
> >>
> > I think you're missing the point by thinking of them as "yes-people".
> > I'm not talking about the FPL putting people in that will agree with
> > everything that they believe but rather certain things that they
> > believe and are essential to the FPL's vision of Fedora.  Think back
> > to anything that is controversial... let's say updates vision.  If the
> > FPL thinks that Fedora needs to worry more about stability, the FPL
> > has a wide range of candidates who have weighed in on the question
> > asking for more stability in Fedora.  People who are primarily known
> > for other work and bring other talents to the table but who have,
> > because the debate was so wide ranging, made clear where they stand.
> > Similarly, if the FPL thinks that Fedora needs to stay closer to its
> > roots, they have a diverse set of candidates to select from as well.
> 
> My what a paranoid view you have.
> 
> Also, I rather take offense that you consider a more conservative
> approach to updates to our stable releases counter to the "roots" of
> Fedora, particularly when you consider that Fedora is rooted in Red Hat
> Linux.
> 
Thanks for being excelllent!

-Toshio
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