On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 at 16:29 Justin Dolske via governance < governance@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> Overall, +1 on filling this gap in the module system. > > One comment/question... > > IME a significant number of possible-escalation grumbles have been less > about the _technical_ aspects, and more about general disagreements around > outcomes or direction. Things like random objections to feature removals > come to mind. I think it's still healthy to have an escalation path... But > I'd also assume that path, in such cases, to be more of a procedural review > than a full-on de novo review. e.g. As long as the normal process was > followed, the right people consulted, data gathered, etc – the presumption > would be that the the outcome was reasonable without having to grind > through the whole decision-making process in detail. (Of course there will > always be exceptions, and it would be up to the committee to determine > what's appropriate.) Or in different framing, I think there's value in > having both fast-path and slow-path options for dispute resolution. > > Is this something the TLMC would also handle and consider? This a really interesting question. I think there's actually two questions: 1) Does this group act as a point of escalation for non-technical decisions? I think the answer to that is clearly no, and any solution is well beyond the scope of what Dave's proposing here. It might be worth identifying such a group, but it's a very different problem, and one we've never really solved. I do think it'd be great to solve for product/UX leadership in a way we haven't really described to date. But that's not this group. 2) Does this constitute an avenue of appeal for technical decisions, and if so what process should be followed? Probably yes. But I'm pretty comfortable with not having a formal process. I trust this group to exercise effective oversight for any given situation. -- Mike _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
