On 07/16/2016 06:58 AM, Philippe Cloutier wrote:
Greetings to all, and in particular to those I have not had the chance
to collaborate with yet.
Yesterday I became a SPI member, apparently thanks to Martin
Zobel-Helas, just in time for the 2016 SPI board elections, in which I
was able to vote.
Welcome!
Joshua D. Drake
Just one comment on a specific statement, Joshua's. It contains:
Getting business items in order such as proper insurance and
professional services.
What this means is vague for me (I fail to see what "business items"
means concretely).
Concretely, the corporation is not properly protected against potential
hostile or negligent action. This protection usually comes in the form
of Limited Liability and Director's an Officers insurance.
I would like us to have better, more streamlined access to member and
project services. Why does it take us potentially weeks to fulfill a
reimbursement request? It should be 72 hours tops. Part of this is
technological, part of it is human. I want to fix that.
I also do not think that the corporation properly or efficiently
communicates with projects or members. I would like to see us engaged
with projects, not passively helping with they pop up. I would like to
see an active volunteer pool from members to help us with FOSS projects.
Everything from generating educational videos and tutorials to being
present at conferences.
General
Most statements say a lot more about what one has done than about what
one intends to do. There's still one easy information about who
candidates are which is usually missing : their age.
I am not sure that age is relevant but I am 43. I am more interested in
a candidates willingness to participate, be effective and move the
corporation forward versus whether they are 22 or 65.
I ranked candidates based on what their statements said about their
achievements, their goals, and my prior perception of them. Being a
long-time Debian developer, my ranking surely shows some bias. I was
hoping for commitments to transparency but did not read much on that.
I would argue that transparency is implied. We are a U.S. based
non-profit and the rules are pretty clear. Every member is able to
attend every board meeting, all of our resolutions and financial matters
are public etc...
Issue tracking
The desire to properly report this presumed issue brings me to a
meta-issue: does SPI not have an issue tracking system?
We do for reimbursements. Usually any feedback of that kind would go
through the -private list. However, I could certainly see opening up a
tracking system for other items, especially member concerns as a whole.
That is a good idea.
I hope my perspective helps!
Sincerely,
JD
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