[maemo-community] [Proposal] - Developers should get karma based on the relevance of their software

[From: Randall Arnold]

> ----- Original message ----- 
> From: "Dave Neary" <dneary at maemo.org>
> To: "List for community development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Proposal] - Developers should get karma based on the relevance of their software
> Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:01:29 +0100
> 
> 
> Hi Randall,
> 
> Randall Arnold wrote:
> > The way I see it the decisive process needs to be hierarchal, from the
> > bottom up:
> >
> > -Any member submits proposal (solution)
> > -Rank and file + council + developers + Nokia employees/contractors
> > discuss and vote
> > -Council harvests input and narrows options
> > -If council can reduce to obvious attainable solution(s), all are
> > escalated to actionable party (Nokia, Reggie, council members, et al)
> > for implementation
> > -If council cannot reach a concrete decision, solution(s) escalated to
> > actionable party or parties for ultimate decision (in most cases
> > probably Nokia)
> >
> > Does that sound like what we should be following?
> 
> A method which might work (better?) is this:
> * Every question gets an owner (designated by council)
> * That owner sollicits discussion and proposes a solution based on feedback
> * The council and Nokia retain a veto, for reasons such as practicality,
> the decision not reflecting consensus, or legal issues.
> * In the event of no veto, the decision proposed by the owner is
> implemented.
> 
> The idea of having one owner is to have one point of decision. This is
> the de facto way it works anyway, except right now the owner is the
> doer, rather than any council member or group.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave.

Your proposal is certainly attractive Dave.  Simple, direct... the best way to get almost anything implemented.

Obviously now we have a process, by design or default, that is way too heavy on talk, moderate on facilitation and light on implementation.  I see best practice as light on talk, moderate on facilitation and heavy on implementation.

I'm concerned that the current post @ Brainstorm / discuss @ tmo process is creating a disconnect that causes confusion and inaction.  Just thinking out loud, though, not proposing an alternative (yet).

Personally I have been running myself ragged as a facilitator and frustrated at seeing great proposals stalled.  If we can put your process into practice and stick to it I think we have a good way forward.

I'm willing to take ownership of some Brainstorms and in fact already have.  So let's get more facilitators/owners into the mix!  Fellow council members?

Randy

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