[IAEP] SoaS: Searching for Decision Panel volunteers.

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 22:27, Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Sebastian Dziallas has asked for clarity on how the SoaS distribution
> he maintains is going to be treated and considered by SL.  It doesn't
> seem that there's consensus, so we suggest forming a Decision Panel:
>
>   On the rare occasion of a contentious issue on which no general
>   consensus can be reached, the Oversight Board is responsible for
>   convening a Decision Panel. The Oversight Board will be responsible
>   for determining when a Decision Panel is required and for selecting
>   members for the Decision Panel. Members of the Oversight Board are
>   not permitted to serve on a Decision Panel. A Decision Panel will
>   solicit community input, discuss (in private if they deem it
>   necessary), reach a conclusion internally, and produce a report
>   documenting their conclusion. (Anyone may submit advice to a
>   Decision Panel.) The Oversight Board will review and ratify
>   Decision Panel reports.
>     -- http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance
>
> This mail is to ask for volunteers for the Decision Panel.  Volunteers
> can be anyone with an interest in the outcome, and the Oversight Board
> will then vote on (a) whether to convene the panel, (b) who should be
> on the panel, and probably (c) what the decision being paneled is.  :)
>
> Please volunteer by replying to this mail if you're interested, and
> please do so by Thursday September 24th so that we can run the vote
> at the Friday September 25th SLOBs meeting.

Great idea, thanks for pushing this forward.

What's the role of the panel, to take the best decision, or to
summarize the community opinion?

Regards,

Tomeu

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