New roles in the Ubuntu IRC team

[Benjamin Kerensa]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Juha Siltala <juha at siltala.net> wrote:

> Hi Miia,
>
> On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 00:42, Miia Ranta <myrtti+ubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 28 October 2011 17:29, Chris Oattes <chris at cjo20.net> wrote:
> >> As it is now, if one person on the IRCC is away for a long time, then
> two members of the council can hold up and essentially dismiss an issue, no
> matter how much of the community disagrees. When the entire community is
> involved, this isn't an issue.
> >
> > Here's another idea, which may or may not be viable, but I think it's
> > worth thinking, and not only in the case of IRCC:
> >
> > Vice/Spare members. Each council member would have an assigned vice
> > councillor, who'd stand up and act as the council member, if the
> > official one isn't available at the meeting, or otherwise. They'd
> > obviously need to participate in every aspect of decision- and policy
> > making and everyday functions of the council, but they wouldn't have a
> > vote unless the actual council member isn't available. This would
> > a) remove the problem of decisions being postponed due to lack of quorum
> > b) spread the workload to double the amount of people
> > c) ease the assignment of responsibilities
> > d) broaden the viewpoints
> > etc.
> >
> > I know this can be difficult in the current climate where people
> > aren't exactly flocking to volunteer tthemselves for Council
> > nominations, but I still wanted to get this idea out there.
>
> I like this, although I too worry about getting enough nominees to
> sign up for the Council positions, regular or vice.
>
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I think Mila's idea is excellent... People have lives aside from Ubuntu and
sometimes they cannot make meetings and this would help spread out work so
people dont burnout and also serve as a backup for meeting quoroms.
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