New roles in the Ubuntu IRC team

[Juha Siltala]

Hi Chris,

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 15:39, Chris Oattes <mailinglist at cjo20.net> wrote:

> Jussi's suggestion is basically saying give some power back to the
> community, which all but removes the IRCC from most processes. I don't
> think this goes far enough. Scrap the IRCC, remove it from any process and
> stop it being a black hole. While it exists in its current form, it will
> continue to be a black hole, wasting hours of other peoples effort that
> just gets ignored. Give the power back to the IRC community, let them vote
> on procedure, meta issues etc. and set up a separate dispute resolution
> team.

I'm all for reducing the workload of the IRCC and delegating some
responsibility to the team. As you say, it's entirely possible already
for people to take on tasks and many do so. This proposition is simply
aiming to empower the team even more and encourage you all to pick up
a little area of responsibility on a volunteer basis. Which should be
what communities such as Ubuntu is all about.

However, I still seem to have to remind you that getting rid of the
IRCC is not a feasible proposition. We can empower the team more, but
there needs to be a body which communicates with freenode and resolves
disputes.

Democracy is something you'll easier find elsewhere, sorry.

-- 
Juha Siltala
http://ubuntu.com