[GRASS-dev] HOLD YOUR VOTES: Changes to the PSC process

[Sampson, David]

So would you feel comfortable approaching Radim to invite his acceptance
of nomination.

Saying that someone would be a good contribution is the first step. NEXT
we need to get them onboard.

I wish you well in attracting Radim's interest. 

Keep us posted 

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From: Paolo Cavallini [mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it] 
Sent: August 1, 2006 12:45
To: Sampson, David
Cc: grassuser at grass.itc.it; grass-dev at grass.itc.it
Subject: Re: [GRASS-dev] HOLD YOUR VOTES: Changes to the PSC process

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Hi all.
I think we should do every possible effort to have Radim Blazek on
board. We simply cannot afford missing him, as he's the author of most
of the newest parts of GRASS: vectors, database, and qgis integration.
All the best.
pc

Sampson, David ha scritto:
> * PLEASE RESPOND TO GRASS USERS LIST*
> 
> First, I have updated the nominees and votes to date below. I suggest
we should hold off any further voting until issue 2 is solved. 
> Second, it has been suggested to change the PSC nomination process. As
any good democratic process I thought I would throw it back to the
community. I don't like jumping to conclusions without support so I have
compiled a list of some of the successes and challenges of the PSC
process to date. This is a combination of what I have been experiencing
and what GRASS community members have forwarded to me off-line.
> When the ball was started again concerning forming the PSC, after some
time in the back drawers of the community brain, it was essentially
started where it was thought (Where I thought perhaps) the process ended
off. The approach was to get the group together and working. It was not
known that various nominated people were not interested in participating
in the PSC, despite documentation on the wiki. There were perhaps more
questions that needed answering, and more and more of those questions
are answered as we progress.
> The voting strategy was not intended necessarily as one of go/no-go
acceptance into the PSC. It was more for a show of support by the
community. Eg "the GRASS PSC was formed through minimum supportive votes
in an open process". This was also to accommodate a less formal approach
as was desired by many community members. However, there are some
concerns this isn't structured enough. Perhaps we want a maximum number
of people on the PSC (proposed 7 to 11). Perhaps we want a share of
programmers / users / other stakeholders. So I open the process back up
to the community.
> Third, it has also been suggested to gather some ideas of the voting 
> system. E-mail to a single person may not be the best or most 
> un-biased route. Some if people have an idea of how to go about voting

> would be great. Here are some other options
...
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Paolo Cavallini
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www.faunalia.it
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