Re: FTP Team -- call for volunteers

[Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Neil" == Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org> writes:

    Neil> I think my point is that we should strive to reach the point
    Neil> where it's not inevitable, and that our reality can change. It
    Neil> should never be the case that making a hard decision leads to
    Neil> abusive messages, and I believe as a project we must act to
    Neil> try and achieve this goal.

    Neil> For leadership roles, such as release manager, or ftp master,
    Neil> I think it's doubly important. Putting aside the issue of
    Neil> current volunteers, and the project's duty to ensure a safe
    Neil> and welcoming environment, this affects the overall ability
    Neil> for the project to attract new volunteers at all.

    Neil> These key posts can be aspirational for new contributors - the
    Neil> concept that one day you could be an ftp-master is
    Neil> attractive. However, if we accept that in order to reach one
    Neil> of these key roles you have to be willing to accept a certain
    Neil> level of abuse, then we have failed to produce that welcoming
    Neil> community, and will fail to attract and retain a diverse and
    Neil> thriving team.

    Neil> This is obviously not something that ftp-masters can solve,
    Neil> but I think it is useful to highlight this issue for the wider
    Neil> project.

    Neil> Thanks, Neil --

I strongly agree.
I hope we as a community accept that the status quo is wrong:

* we are heaping abuse on our leaders

* Sometimes it is not clear that our teams our meeting the needs of the
  project

I hope we choose to solve both of these together.

--Sam