New roles in the Ubuntu IRC team

[JP]

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My two cents: I believe that verb (champion) was noun-ified, and meant
as someone who works in the name of a cause, not someone who has won an
award or contest. I can't think of a more apt title, but I don't think
that the title is a great issue.

On 11-10-24 09:22 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote:
> Could a term other than "Champions" be used? To me Champions seems a tad
> elitist and may make other contributors feel that their contributions
> are not as important since they are not "Champions"
> 
> On 10/24/2011 11:49 AM, Jussi Schultink wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> One of the criticisms the IRCC has received recently is the lack of
>> interaction with the IRC team in terms of decision making, as well as
>> the lack of things getting done. There has been a lack of teamwork to
>> get things done, as well as a lack of communication.
>>
>> I would like to propose some new roles within the IRC team to help get
>> more stuff done that also have the added benefits of communication
>> improvement and teamwork.
>>
>> I would like to see "champions" for several areas that need taking
>> care of within the team. These "champions" would be responsible for
>> awareness in the team of their area, as well as ensuring tasks get
>> followed up on. (the champion doesn't have to do all the work, just
>> ensure that it gets done)
>>
>> The champion would also have a lot of input into the overall direction
>> of what happens with that area of the IRC team, thus these roles would
>> give people an opportunity to have a real impact on the team and its
>> direction. There could be more than one champion for each role.
>>
>> I would propose the following areas to have champions, but please feel
>> free to suggest other areas - especially if you are willing to take up
>> the role.
>>
>>   *Bots&  bot direction (Specifications, idea management, perhaps some
>> implementation)
>>   *Ban list maintenance/eir care (everybody would be still responsible
>> for bans, but this person would be ensuring the ban list does not get
>> overfull, ensuring new ops get proper eir training, following up on
>> any bugs in eir)
>>   *Documentation review (reviewing the wiki and other documentation on
>> a regular basis)
>>   *Channel list review (Reviewing the channel list of our namespace
>> channels for stale and/or inappropriate channels)
>>   *Factoid Maintenance and review (reviewing factoids and checking for
>> old and outdated factoids on a regular basis, updating factoids).
>>   *Policy review (reviewing policies for efficiency, usefulness,
>> scale-ability, suggestions of changes to policy)
>>
>> Again, I want to stress that the champion doesn't need to do all the
>> work, just follow up and ensure it gets done.
>>
>> Also, as part of this, I would like to change the IRCC meeting name to
>> IRC Team meeting, and have the champions be a part of the meeting when
>> appropriate, to bring things that need changing to the attention of
>> the IRC team and the IRC council.
>>
>> The IRC Council's role in all of this would be to approve changes to
>> policy and set out a long term plan for growth and maintenance of the
>> IRC team, in consultation with the IRC team and the champions.
>>
>> I would like to hear all constructive thoughts on this route, be they
>> positive or negative.
>>
>> I would like this to be a part of our long term plans to be discussed
>> in the UDS, following discussion on the mailing list and hopefully
>> also in the next IRCC meeting this Sunday.
>>
>> BR
>>
>> Jussi
>>
> 
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