DMB appointment process [was: Call for nominations: Developer Membership Board restaffing]

[Utkarsh Gupta]

Hi Simon,

On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM Simon Chopin <schopin at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> For the sake of clarity: appointments should still have clearly defined
> durations and existing members should explicitly reapply.

That's fair. And also what I had in mind especially when LP membership
(currently at least) is expiry based.

So something like a 2-year term a volunteer commits to. Perfectly fine
(not ideal) to step down at any point in time. And should ask TB to
run again when their membership is about to expire (like T-30 days or
something).

> A common risk in FOSS communities is one of volunteers burning out.
> Having periodic checkpoints where one must explicitly assess whether
> they still have the time and energy to serve is fairly healthy.

Definitely. Agreed.

> Case in point: I'm not running again, but I don't think I could have
> ever explicitly quit.

Well, you could've communicated to us regardless. ;)

Anyway, thank you for serving your time in DMB. Hope you can step up
again in the future.


- u