Leadership Structure

[andrew]

Hi All,

I have stayed quiet over this past week to just see how things develop.

As the Community Council has stated, I quote
"* Nominate team leadership (be it individual or group) to drive the
team in a defined direction. Setting goals for the team and developing
a roadmap can also help here."

So yes a CONTACT person is required (this is the minimum). 
The questions are:  
Should this person be the only one that 'drives the team in a defined direction'?
Should a group of people be nominated to help 'Drive the team in a defined direction'?

>From these questions more could be asked.
How do we nominate an individual or a group of people as the leadership team?
What 'Roles' do these people perform?
What is the defined direction for the leadership team and the community?

FOOD for THOUGHT
Some people are 'hung-up' (for the need of a better word) on the notion of 
a 'Council' or 'Committee' so lets change it to 'Leadership Team'.
We have a great example of a 'leadership Team' in the Ubuntu Loco Council.
It has a defined role of responsibilities see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/
Its election process is outlined here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil/Delegation 
(under the subheading of Team Council Member Election)

So I guess if we define the direction of the community.
We can define the 'Role' of the 'leadership Team'.
We can then define the positions in the 'Leadership Team'.
Finally the process of filling those positions in the 'leadership Team'. 

Now some work on defining positions has already been done on the Wiki, 
but it needs further expansion with your input.

These are just suggestions.

Regards,

Andrew G.  



On Tue, 2010-05-18 at 13:11 +1000, Peter Watts wrote:
> I too have been interested but quiet. I believe that Canonical require
> us to have a CONTACT person for the community. Apart from and
> including  this person every member of the community has there right
> to organise any thing they like to help further Ubuntu in Australia.
> All that needs to happen is 
> 1. Have a great idea.
> 2. Do a bit of research
> 3. Advertise it to the Ubuntu.au family for any help that might be
> needed.
> 4. Have a great time enjoying your function when it happens.
>  
> As long as everyone knows about it and can make there own decision as
> to whether they wish to participate, there can be no ill will.
>  
> Thanks Watto
> 
> 
> On 18 May 2010 00:34, angus <angus at ozsolarwind.com> wrote:
>         Matthew (etal)
>         
>         Great idea!
>         
>         I've been a passive observer on all the debate that has gone
>         on over
>         the last few months and feel moving the debate away from this
>         thread
>         can only (a) enhance that discussion and (b) move this thread
>         back to
>         focus more on those wonderful tips/snippets (and of course
>         local
>         meetings) around the use of Ubuntu and to encourage more
>         people to
>         use what is a great product based upon an even greater
>         philosophy.
>         
>         King regards
>         AnGus
>         
>         At 17/05/2010 09:16 PM, you wrote:
>         >Message: 1
>         >Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 22:16:30 +1000
>         >From: Matthew Rossi <matt at pcpodcast.org>
>         >Subject: Leadership Structure
>         >To: Ubuntu AU List <ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com>
>         >Message-ID:
>         >
>         <AANLkTimmj8Ikq8GSJqh0YhCdLtQsi1coqya3hv12S5Rh at mail.gmail.com>
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>         >
>         >Based on the IRC meeting, I'm starting another thread to
>         discuss how the
>         >Ubuntu-AU LoCo can best structure leadership for the future.
>         >I ask that all who participate in this to please follow the
>         CoC (ie be
>         >respectful of other people's opinions, provide constructive
>         criticism etc),
>         >and to please not stall this process at any stage.  I
>         encourage opinions
>         >that are not ego-centric and take the best interests of our
>         community into
>         >consideration.
>         >
>         >The focal point of this thread will be a wiki page created
>         which lists some
>         >suggestions of models that the LoCo could consider using.
>          You can find this
>         
>         >at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-au/council/structure
>         >--
>         >Regards,
>         >Matthew Rossi
>         
>         
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