There is a misunderstanding here about my position, Ali: One of the things I mentioned before is that it is key to know who to reach in case of need. So, for instance, if one needs an approval to do something in particular, then s/he knows who to reach. Thus the need to have responsibilities spread among us and not being only to you. Many reasons justify such thing, including Timezones. This means that people don't need to report to you directly, unless there's a big thing coming up. And if that is the case, you'll be hearing from me or Svetlana, since we are the ones in such role. Besides, if you imagine 30-50 people working together, you won't do anything else in your daily life besides answering others queries, right? This situation allows you to be in control (assuming you trust your colleagues) and still actively develop any work, project or strategy.
Also, when I said I'd like to be in charge of management before, I was thinking about taking care of all management affairs - Strategy, Finance and Operations. So, within the group of Operations, these two should be added. HR is something I can do, but it's not my area of expertise. If we have people that can deal with people properly, makes sense to pass on this portfolio to them. @Jonathan, CTO's are within Sub-teams Managers. These should coordinate their team work more effectively. Sooner or later these will have to be split in another criteria since we'll have people working from around the world. But, for the time being, I think this method is sufficient to get things done. My position in Operations does collaborate regularly with this group of people since the intention is to try to fulfil all dates and deadlines that costumers will put on our shoulders. Other than that, being responsible for the financial department, I can control a huge amount of indicators and also the cash in and outflows. Just a reminder: These are internal positions and the key here is for everyone know who to reach in case of need. Most of us still have external positions. For instance, for the time being, Jonathan and Israel are developers, so they don't actively contribute to the management of Kibo. A new designer will be in the same position as well. I agree with this structure. However, I think these notes are very important. Having people in charge of something is crucial in business to get things rolling and to avoid the waste of time deciding over something. Many heads putting their thoughts over something might not be great. It's an economics principle actually - Law of the diminishing returns. Probably the election of these members wasn't democratic, but I think it is enough for now and fair. Some of us have busy lives and while we can't afford fix payments to our people, then it makes sense (to me) to distribute responsibilities among those who can contribute more regularly than others. Best regards, 2015-01-16 7:57 GMT+00:00 Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051...@gmail.com>: > Also you didnt setup kibo team leads in the sense of internal teams for IT > management like the chief technical officer like most companies now a days > have. > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <amjja...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> This is just a draft which means we could tweak it to become even better. >> This is regarding the people who will lead Kibo. >> >> From now and on, we need to get more serious and get the ball rolling on >> the right direction. Having two people leading the same boat might lead to >> a disaster as you may know. Thus, having different boats, each with >> specific tasks/purposes and heading to the same direction is the 'best' >> approach if you ask me. >> >> That said, here is a model that myself, Gustavo and Emily agreed on: >> >> *Kibo Main Departments:* >> >> - *Community Departments*: dealing with the members of Kibo and other >> stuff whenever needed. It has sub-teams >> >> >> 1. HR Team: Managing each and everything about the members of Kibo. >> 2. Marketing: Managing the marketing channels of Kibo: Website, >> Social Media and the internal channels. >> >> >> - *Operation Departments: *dealing with the external world and with >> the services that we shall provide. It has sub-teams: >> >> >> 1. Public Relations (PR): this is a communications team to deal with >> the external world (non-kibo members). >> 2. Operational sub-teams: since we have agreed to provide 6 different >> services to begin with, there will be 6 different sub-teams, each with >> specific task. >> >> >> *Kibo Leads:* >> >> - Founder: Ali and everyone reports to him. >> - Operation Manager: Gustavo (business person). >> - Community Manager: Ali (people person). >> - Sub-Teams Drivers/Managers: to be decided later. >> >> This is for the greater good for Kibo and everyone else. Having different >> dedicated people on different areas is the best for everyone. >> >> I do people best. Gustavo do business best. >> >> For other people: you know where you better fit 'more' than I do. So. if >> you are confused, we could help you to decide where to go but after all, it >> is for you to know where. I know that: >> >> Israel and Jonathan are back-end type of members and I see them under >> Operation. >> >> Emily and Svetlana (and myself) are community orientated. >> >> Not sure where Keith find himself better but I can only assume he's more >> into Operations. >> >> We're 7 people now in total. >> >> >> *Kibo's Core Members:* >> >> Those are the key player of Kibo and they're very important to the >> project. Those people obviously will have more tasks and more burden. The >> toughest burden is to be available more often than others. >> >> You're not required to spend 10 hours daily on Kibo. However, you're >> required to spend at minimum 1-2 hours. >> >> Core members could be members or managers. >> >> They need to communicate and attend the meeting more than anyone else. >> >> They could be either on Operation or Community. >> >> >> As I said, above is just a draft but if we all agree on that, we could >> move forward with a final version of this chart. >> >> I hope I didn't forget anything - please do remind me if that happened. >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." >> Best Regards, >> Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> >> http://torios.org - StartUbuntu <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu> - >> Ubuntu >> GNOME <http://ubuntugnome.org/> - http://amjjawad.net >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kibo-project >> Post to : kibo-project@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kibo-project >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Jonathan Aquilina > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kibo-project > Post to : kibo-project@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kibo-project > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Best Regards / Obrigado e com os melhores cumprimentos, Gustavo
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