wanted: motu-sru members

[Scott Kitterman]

> Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>> What is the benefit of 2) ? Can't the MOTU team do the selection in the
>> voting?
>> If there's some people motu-sru would remove, I would hope for the MOTU
>> team to
>> remove them too in the voting.
>
>     The large benefit of allowing the existing members of motu-sru to
> select amoung the volunteers is to ensure that the team works well
> together.  If there is a removal with which MOTU disagree, such
> objection ought be raised in response to the motu-sru publication of
> the candidates.
>
>     While I can't be entirely sure, I suspect there will be time
> between the publication of the slate of candidates and MOTU Council
> configuring the appropriate polls for selection.

I am strongly opposed to pre-selection.  We have had cases in the past
where a non-transparent pre-selection process resulted in a very limited
and from the perspective of at least a significant slice of the community
very unsuitable set of choices.

As an organization consisting largely of volunteers, the legitimacy of our
management teams comes from the fact that MOTU have selected them.  Once
there is a pre-selection, this legitimacy is lost.  If someone volunteers
that might be problematic, I think that we should trust the MOTU to do the
right thing.  Personally, I'm not at all opposed to MOTU discussing the
advantages and disadvantages of various candidates.  That would, of
course, include the current motu-sru.  I believe that whatever concerns
there may be that consider motu-sru to want pre-selection, I think that
with some constructive discussion as we move to a vote the can be managed
transparently in an effective way.

Scott K