A Transition Plan

[Michael Chesterton]

On 16/05/2010, at 6:17 PM, Dave Hall wrote:

> I am proposing Peter as he has been around the LoCo for a long time.  He
> is also a computerbank committee member, so he has some knowledge about
> how FOSS groups work.  He has also been active around LUV and SFD, while
> also running ubuntu.net.au.  In my experience Peter has always been a
> model of how to live by the code of conduct in the ubuntu community.
> Unless things have changed in the last 6 months or so, Peter is not a
> power user, but he is a passionate user of ubuntu.

There's that notion that you have to be an expert software engineer to be a
worthy contributor.

> I think that Peter is the best person to bring the group together, while
> Melissa has the experience to stop us making the same mistakes again.

That's a quite funny, yes, Melissa has superb experience at mistakes.

>  I
> thin the 2 of them would make a great time to move us forward.  Keep in
> mind this is an interim arrangement.
> 
> I think the first role of the new team should be to facilitate a
> discussion on the direction and objectives of the group, to be followed
> by how to structure the group.

Sounds as good as anyone else's plan, add it to the official meetings agenda,
and discuss it at the official meeting.