Dear Debian Developers I hereby appoint the following developers as members of the DebConf Committee, effective immediately: - Antonio Terceiro <terceiro> - Bernelle Verster <indiebio> - Gunnar Wolf <gwolf> - Nattie Mayer-Hutchings <nattie> - Sruthi Chandran <srud> - Stefano Rivera <stefanor> Big thanks to Daniel Lange, who has served on this committee since its inception in 2016. The delegation is not time-limited. It will be effective until further changes by present or future DPLs. Task Description ================ 1) Bid Process The DebConf Committee serves as an institutional memory of DebConf. As such, it is in the best position to review proposals. More specifically, the DebConf Committee is responsible for the following tasks: - make final decisions about who will organize DebConf; - define a set of goals to fulfill to ensure a successful DebConf; - appoint at least one DebConf team member that will mentor the newly selected bid team until DebConf is held. In order to reach a final decision in the bid process, the DebConf Committee is highly invited to take input from the wider Debian community. In the absence of mentors, DebConf Committee members are expected to help selected teams to reach their goals. 2) Mentorship of DebConf teams The appointed mentors are expected to: - help the team in establishing appropriate structures and decision mechanisms; - advise the team and share their experience of DebConf organization; - monitor the progress of DebConf organization and ensure that the defined team structure and decision-making processes remain functional and sufficiently efficient to ensure a successful DebConf. 3) Decision-making process As last resort, the DebConf Committee can override specific decisions in the context of DebConf organization. The Committee should not take any decision until efforts to resolve it via consensus have been tried and failed. This special power should be left for extreme cases, e.g. when a decision taken by the DebConf organizers is perceived by the DebConf Committee as creating serious risks for the organization of DebConf or for Debian. Votes by members of the committee to appoint a mentor or to override specific decisions of DebConf teams are made public. In order to avoid dead-lock situations, the DebConf Committee appoints a Chair. The latter has a casting vote. The previous delegation text can be found at: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2019/11/msg00003.html Thanks for your work and commitment! -Jonathan, Debian Project Leader
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