Hi, As you know, both Holger and Gunnar stepped down from their role as DebConf chairs. I would like to warmly thank them both for their contributions to DebConf organization, and I hope to see them around, maybe a bit more relaxed, at DC14!
There's also an ongoing discussion on DebConf governance, and the role of the chairs. While of course the DPL gets to write the delegation's content, I would like to avoid focusing too much on that for now. There might be some things to change in the role of the chairs, but I believe that the exact balance and sharing of roles should be found by adjusting to the organizing team of each DebConf edition, possibly building a larger framework. So: 1) As I already did in <20140426191421.gb19...@xanadu.blop.info>, I'd like to issue a call for nominations for chairs. If you feel that someone (including yourself, possibly) would be a suitable DebConf chair, please send me a private mail. 2) One important criterion for the selection of a DebConf chair is that DebConf organizers, including the local team, should be comfortable working with him/her. I don't want to do a public review of all possible candidates, but I'd like to offer each team (DC14 and DC15) the opportunity to name up to 2 people that will be able to give their feedback on the list of possible candidates. I'd like to move quickly on that, so the deadline for both (1) and (2) is 2014-04-30. On the separation between chairs and organizers: Chairs are obviously people who care deeply about DebConf, so it would not be surprising for them to be involved in DebConf organization in addition to their chairs role. However, both to provide "separation of powers", and to avoid putting too much burden on the same shoulders, I think that we should avoid having people who have central roles in DebConf organization be chairs at the same time. Thanks, Lucas _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
