On lun. 09 juin 2025 12:25:54, Utkarsh Gupta wrote:
[snip]
> > So I wonder if it's worth continuing with elections at all? What if the
> > Technical Board were to just appoint DMB members as they felt
> > appropriate with a simple announcement, inviting prospective members to
> > apply to the TB directly?
>
> That makes a whole lot of sense, honestly. Unless doing poorly, those
> in DMB should be able to continue serving the board till they'd like -
> I see no reason why we should remove them especially when we don't
> have more volunteers to replace them with, as we've all noted this
> time and also many times in the past.
>
> I think the Techboard should delegate DMB and could/should rotate the
> seats however they see fit.
For the sake of clarity: appointments should still have clearly defined
durations and existing members should explicitly reapply.
A common risk in FOSS communities is one of volunteers burning out.
Having periodic checkpoints where one must explicitly assess whether
they still have the time and energy to serve is fairly healthy.
Case in point: I'm not running again, but I don't think I could have
ever explicitly quit.
Cheers,
Simon
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