re-vision on the ARB - restaffing

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Allison Randal <allison at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 08/24/2012 07:46 AM, Allison Randal wrote:
>> On 08/24/2012 07:00 AM, Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Mitchell <ajmitch at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> And since Jonathan resigned, that means it'll be down to 2 members.
>
> Also, it's unlikely the new process will be agreed upon (in the sense of
> having all details settled and all policy changes approved by the TB)
> before UDS. So, we can't wait to recruit, because the ARB would grind to
> a halt without 3 members to approve apps.
>
> But agreed it's absolutely critical to have the proposal in active,
> public discussion on ubuntu-devel before new ARB members are selected.
>
> If the ARB reviews the proposal for new process next week, and we start
> review with ubuntu-devel the week after that, we'll be well into
> September before we even start to get sense of how palatable the new
> proposal is to the Ubuntu Developers in general. That's cutting it
> pretty fine for the ARB, with so many terms expiring. Better to send out
> the recruiting call now, and suggest that anyone who's interested should
> join this mailing list right away, to participate in the discussion.
>
> Allison

+1. The flow here would just be great (esp with new members who are
interested to get in terms with the working of the ARB)

Regards,

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Bhavani Shankar
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