Developments on the Ubuntu governance

cprofitt cprofitt at ubuntu.com
Mon Nov 17 21:25:19 UTC 2014


On Mon, 2014-11-17 at 11:27 -0600, Ian Weisser wrote:
> > On 11/17/2014 07:17 AM, Svetlana Belkin wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> A team of 'guidance counselors' is certainly one solution. However, it
> addresses only one symptom (hard for new participants to find a
> welcoming point of entry) of the problem (a culture that equates
> technical prowess with leadership). 
> 
> It might work...but I don't think it would help much. The facilitating
> volunteers would find it frustrating when other teams and projects
> ignored their new-participant leads. Been there when I worked on Ubuntu
> Brainstorm.
> 
> My preferred solution is to address the underlying problem. This isn't a
> problem we can throw a team at for a cycle or two. It's an element of
> the culture within our community, a holdover from Ubuntu's technocratic
> roots during the first few years.
> 


If I am interpreting things accurately, I agree. I worked on the Ubuntu
Beginners team and there were challenges as we tried to greet new people
and help them find ways to contribute.

Charles




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