Ubuntu Governance: Reboot?

[Ian Weisser]

On Nov 18 06:18 UTC, Jono Bacon wrote:

> We have hundreds of core developers, MOTUs, docs writers, translators,
> and other members in the community. We have numerous derivatives and
> flavors. We have literally millions of fans and users across the
> forums, IRC, discourse, social media, and elsewhere. Just because
> Canonical's focus is on mobile and cloud, this has not mean't that the
> desktop, our archives, applications, loco teams, and other areas
> cannot continue to be developed, improved, and enhanced.

[...]

> The point of my blog post is that I don't think you are going to see
> as much of this from Canonical (due to the focus on cloud/mobile), and
> am suggesting our governance and leadership spends more time doing
> this. They are perfectly placed to do this; our governance is
> independent and diverse, and I think this kind of motivational,
> inspirational leadership could inject so much opportunity and
> motivation into the project.


YES. I think this is an excellent idea.
This explains the idea much more clearly than the blog post. Frame this!

I think we should expand on this a bit and work up some agenda items and
policy alternatives for the CC.

Time to start some new threads, everyone...


Cheers,

-Ian