Re: Proposal for extending the election term for the NetBeans Governance Board

I agree. 6 months gives you too little time to actually pursue something.
--emi

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:04 AM, Sven Reimers <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> the NetBeans Governance Board is starting the process for the election
> of the next Board.
>
> As part of this process I would like to propose the following change
> to the actual rules:
> - Extension of the term from now 6 months to 12 months, starting with
> the new elected Board in about 2 months.
>
> Reasoning:
> After serving for nearly two terms on the Board and after discussions
> in last term with Tom and this term with Zoran, we decided that having
> a 12 months
> term helps to get things done. If you are new to the Board you will
> probably try to get some idea about Open Source, processes, community
> or similar going.
> With now monthly conference calls you end up with a long turn around
> time (which you need, if you want Oracle buy in) until you get things
> moving.
>
> To give you an idea, let me give you an example. Starting new elected,
> in the first call you establish the meeting procedure and other formal
> stuff, maybe you state your ideas for you term. With the second call
> you are getting into more details, trying to get some answers and
> coordinate the effort. Now add 2 to 3 iterations and you are already
> nearing the end of your term, before you can make sure that your
> proposed changes will take place. If now a new board is elected - who
> pursues your ideas and makes sure things really get done?
>
> Based on this experience I propose the extension of the term to 12 months.
>
> Based on your feedback the acting Governance Board will extend / not
> extend the term for the next Board.
>
> Let the discussion begin!
>
> -Sven
>
> --
> Sven Reimers
>
> * Senior Expert Software Architecture
> * NetBeans Dream Team Member: http://dreamteam.netbeans.org
> * NetBeans Governance Board Member:
> http://netbeans.org/about/os/governance.html
> * Community Leader  NetBeans: http://community.java.net/netbeans
>                               Desktop Java:
> http://community.java.net/javadesktop
> * Duke's Choice Award Winner 2009
> * Blog: http://nbguru.blogspot.com
>
> * XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Sven_Reimers8
> * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/svenreimers
>
> Join the NetBeans Groups:
> * XING: http://www.xing.com/group-20148.82db20
> * NUGM: http://haug-server.dyndns.org/display/NUGM/Home
> * LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1860468
>                    http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=107402
>                    http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1684717
> * Oracle: https://mix.oracle.com/groups/18497
>



-- 
http://www.josekibold.ro : Honesty & well-done software.