Developments on the Ubuntu governance

Ian Weisser ian-weisser at ubuntu.com
Mon Nov 17 11:12:37 UTC 2014


On 11/16/2014 08:51 PM, I wrote:
>> We need to spread the message: Code is code, people are people. If
>> you take care of the people properly, they will take care of the
>> code. New participants should not need to mentor themselves; that's
>> not taking care of people properly

On 11/17/2014 04:31 AM, Svetlana Belkin wrote:
>You think this is the case because Ubuntu (not anyone other flavour)
>is missing it's promo/marketing/whatever team?

I don't think so. It's not a promo/marketing message, and would be
inappropriate for them to broadcast anyway.

I think it's the case for three reasons:

1) Ubuntu is only 10 years old. Young, fast-growing organizations have
lots of other stuff to worry about. 

2) Many leaders in many organizations are trained in neither leadership
nor management, and they do okay. They muddle along, perhaps with slower
progress and higher turnover than they would like. And since they are
still making progress, what need for new skills? Ubuntu is with the pack
there. It's what people are used to, so it seems merely annoying.

3) Ubuntu is a project that attracts technically-minded people.
Technical people often come up with technical solutions. We want to
solve the problem with code and new projects and better systems. We want
the problem to be a systems problem, because we're good at solving
those. 

It's the case NOT due to any sort of negligence or failure on the part
of the CC (who I feel accurately reflect the participating community),
nor the governance structure, nor any specific team leader. No blame to
distribute.

Cheers,

-Ian




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