Re: Social Committee proposal text (diff)
On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:38:12 +0100, Alexander Schmehl
<tolimar@debian.org> said:
> Hi!
> * Josip Rodin <joy@entuzijast.net> [070212 03:32]:
>> + <li>The next two weeks are the polling period during which
>> + Developers may cast their votes. Votes in social committee
>> elections
>> + are made public after the election is finished.</li>
> And why shall votes become public? What's voting about, if not done
> in secret?
I think we should default to open and transparent processes
as far as possible. And people should be willing to take public
stances on matters of policy, even social policy. It is not like you
are voting for a human who might have his feeling s hurt.
> And why that rule? I would think in a social ctte, fresh blood is
> very welcome, because they (probalbly) haven't taken part in any
> flamewar and therefore are the best to choice for a ctte, that
> should be as objective and neutral as possible?
A social committee needs demosntrated judgement. People new,
and inexperienced in the ways of Debian, might not really be better
fit.
> Why not some kind of "draft resolutions and amendments, and votes by
> members of the committee, are made public on the Social Committee
> public discussion list. Discussion is made public to those the
> parties involved or at their unison request to all."?
Again, the default should be open processes, with the
possibility of taking it behind closed doors (like happens in court
systems here). Closed star chambers are not what we are shooting for
here.
manoj
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