re-vision on the ARB - restaffing

Bhavani Shankar R bhavi at ubuntu.com
Fri Aug 24 14:00:05 UTC 2012


On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Mitchell <ajmitch at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 07:22:19AM -0700, Jono Bacon wrote:
>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Andrew Mitchell <ajmitch at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> > Thanks for the link, I'll take a read through it & wait until next week
>> > to comment on it on ubuntu-devel.
>>
>> Thanks, Andrew!
>>
>> I think before we take it to ubuntu-devel it would make sense for us
>> to have a review first on here when the spec is complete so we can
>> ensure we get the current ARB's feedback evaluated first. I will email
>> when this is ready (hopefully later this week). Thanks!
>>
>>     Jono
>>
>
> Sure, I'm happy to wait (far too busy at the moment :) ). One thing that I
> noticed this week was that 4 of the 7 ARB members will expire from the team
> in about 3 weeks time. While it might be good to set up an election for new
> members now, I think it may be better for any new process to be agreed upon
> prior to restaffing, when we have a better odea of what will be required of
> people and how many people may be needed.
>
> Andrew
>

+1 here.  So that any new members can start off with the new process
when selected. (Instead of pushing it after restaffing and spending
some time on the transition later to a new process)

Apart from the above how about having a "stricter criteria" of
selection (when restaffing does take place) like below

An ARB member applying should be/have:

 1. Strong technical background.
 2. Should be a MOTU/Core Dev (+ being a Debian developer would be
"nice to have")
 3. Prior experience of reviewing apps (for instance, prior experience
of helping with the app-review-contributors would be desirable)
 4. Endorsement by atleast 1 ubuntu developer on the wiki page while
applying (as an evidence of work within the ubuntu development
community.)

Just a thought.

Any comments welcome.

Regards,

-- 
Bhavani Shankar
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