Developments on the Ubuntu governance

[Svetlana Belkin]

On 11/17/2014 06:12 AM, Ian Weisser wrote:
> 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
>
>

I guess I didn't really define on what I meant.  What I meant was a team 
that can help new people find a place to use their skills.  Like some 
sort of hub where there are members of the core teams of Ubuntu to help 
the new one into a team that they can be in.  Something like that.

But you are right, this doesn't fit in this discussion.
-- 
Svetlana Belkin
A.K.A: belkinsa
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