RE: [libreoffice-website] Libreoffice.org website dev sitrep 2011-02-02 - [Was: Work on the "Why?" pages]

Hi David,

> From: commerce@traduction.biz

> For the present, you need to take account of the fact that work on the
> website is currently being led by a four-person team: myself for
> content, Ivan and Christoph as regards design (CSS, graphics), and
> Christian. Therefore, these people have to be in agreement about the
> decisions on developing the site. 

Oh so you four guys are the LibreOffice website decision-makers?

And the rest have to work as bidden, against their professional judgment?


Nice. And completely meritocratic too.

> In turn, we implement the guidelines
> and decisions of the SC. The SC is the final owner of the site, in its
> role as custodian and federator of the community.

> Therefore, no action or decisions are possible without consulting all
> of the above people, with the SC having final veto.

> You can certainly approach the SC and request a change as regards the
> four-man team. For that, the best thing would be to come up with a
> document laying out your ideas, and then to request an agenda item
> before an SC meeting, so that the issue can be discussed and voted on
> at the following meeting. In that case, you should be there at the
> meeting, and I think you'd probably be asked to vocally present your
> case.

Is it not for the leadership to lay down the vision and drive it?
Why have this "come with your idea and let me see if I like it" attitude?
We are not even following the website design principles.
The checklist proves how half-baked this project is.
 
> But the SC will, in any case, always be the ultimate owner and
> decision-taker as regards the website. That's the way it is and, in my
> opinion, the way it should be.

Is this autocratic or meritocratic?

> Guys, it would be so much better if we could move on past these
> discussions about the raison d'être of the website team. 

So it appears you never endorsed the agenda for the conference call?

> It would be
> so much easier to possibly achieve a good number of the things you
> want, if we could work together contructively as a team and committed
> members of the project, putting our support behind the project
> governance and making a positive net contribution to the project.

How can we have governance when we have self-appointed leaders who don't want to consult others 
and a superpower with veto?

-Narayan
                                          
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