Liaison to Launchpad

[Jordan Mantha]

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik at canonical.com> wrote:
> Scott Kitterman wrote:
>> I think defining things in this way (based on employment status) is a recipe
>> for sustaining the current division between the non-Canonical community and
>> Canonical.
>
> I agree. I view the Ubuntu QA team as a community-based team that happen
> to have many active members employed by Canonical. The reference to
> Canonical-or-not first appeared in Jordan's original proposal, although
> as a personal viewpoint attached to the end of it.
>
> I was asking for clarification of whether he thought this should be a
> requirement for the job, which is what he seemed to hint at. I also
> sought clarification on whether this post would still be seen as
> legitimate if it were held by a Canonical member.

OK, well then let me clarify. I've never once said that Canonical
employees should be prohibited from being the Liaison. I've said I'd
prefer if a non-Canonical person would do it. This was simply because
I think it would be a good chance for Ubuntu QA members to step up as
we are still bootstrapping the community. Employment status, is in
fact, irrelevant and I tried to make it clear in my original post that
what we are after is somebody to represent the whole Ubuntu QA
community, regardless of employment status.

-Jordan