New proposal: QA-LP contact

[Henrik Nilsen Omma]

Jordan Mantha wrote:
> So here's my "let's get going" counter-proposal:
>
> 1) the role be named "Liaison" to be consistent with other Ubuntu teams
> (only MOTU and Translations right now, but still) and I think it fits
> best.
> 2) the emphasis of the role is facilitating communication with LP and
> driving discussion when needed.
> 3) this person will be the contact person for the QA team when they need
> help with LP-related issues.
> 4) we let the person figure out what else is needed :-)
>   

Right, I'm happy for us to select a person for this and let them define 
the role from there. Including the name ;)

I don't have a problem with the word Liaison as such, but I am sceptical 
about your grand plan for an Ubuntu-wide LP council, which I see as 
overly bureaucratic - and I'm assuming these plans are the reason you 
feel strongly about the name. I'm less interested in dictionary 
definitions of words than in the reasons people use them and how they 
are interpreted in turn by others - words in context.

I think instead of an LP-council in Ubuntu we should encourage the rest 
of the LP team to follow Tom's example and engage more directly with the 
Ubuntu community. And if we need a council of Liaison who funnel 
information to LP for us (which again, I don't think is the right model) 
then I suspect it would need a charter from the CC and not be set up one 
Liaison at a time with no clear roadmap for what it will eventually look 
like.

So I disagree with your counter-proposal point #1, not so much for the 
word you choose but for the reason you give (points 2-4 are fine btw). 
But again, this is just my view, and if others on the QA team people 
feel that 'Liaison' is the best term and/or that the Ubuntu-wide LP 
council is something we should be pushing for via the QA team, them I'm 
happy to accept that title.

Henrik