[TYPO3-core] Election of the core team leader for TYPO3 CMS

Ingmar Schlecht ingmar at typo3.org
Wed Sep 25 18:59:37 CEST 2013


Hi Ernesto,

thanks for the wrapping-up, that was exactly the information I was 
looking for.

I agree with your suggestion about coupling the two elections, sounds 
logical to me.

Go Olly!

Cheers
Ingmar


Am 25.09.13 15:02, schrieb Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]:
> Hi Ingmar,
>
> there is just one candidate (Olly) and we just lack the "election". Some
> thought that we don't need the election if we have just one candidate,
> but we agreed to have it anyway so that Olly could at least feel if he
> was being supported or not. :)
>
> About the roles, payment and working hours and in general the "duties"
> of a CMS Team Leader, this is explained in the link Ben provided in the
> first post:
>
> http://typo3.org/teams/core-development-team/roles-groups/
>
> But I agree that we should wrap up this election and also decide soon
> how often we should do that.
>
> My suggestion would be to couple that with the Release Manager election,
> so that we just have one voting which has a "fixed deadline" (the
> "kick-off" for the next release). Switching the leader together with a
> release manager is better instead of switching the leader "in the mids"
> of the development of a new release. Just hypothetical of course,
> because Olly will be our leader until eternity. ;)
>
> Kind regards,
> Ernesto
>
>
> Ingmar Schlecht schrieb am 25.09.2013 11:28:
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> is there any conclusion from this? I might have missed possible
>> announcements, as I'm not subscribed to all lists any more, but I would
>> be interested in who was nominated and voted on.
>>
>> Also, is this election now going to be each year, or was it a one-off
>> thing?
>>
>> Frankly, I have the feeling this election is handled rather sloppy, with
>> few information (note: if things have been published meanwhile in
>> channels I don't watch closely, ignore this), few time-wise advance
>> notice, and no information on payment and possible working hours for the
>> core team leader. I think for future nominations and elections, that
>> should be clarified more clearly. Of course we don't want to attract
>> people who only do it for the monetary reward, but it does possibly
>> enable some candidates to apply who otherwise wouldn't think of it.
>>
>> (I know that during my time in the core team leadership I could have
>> influenced how things like these are handled as well, which I see as a
>> shortcoming of mine as well, but seeing things from an outside
>> perspective now, I would like to spell out those things anyway.)
>>
>> cheers
>> Ingmar
>>
>>
>>
>> Am 19.08.13 13:36, schrieb ben van 't ende:
>>> Hey Guys,
>>>
>>> I talked about it with a few guys from the core team and we concluded
>>> that
>>> extending the period until end of this month (August) will provide
>>> enough time
>>> for everyone to react.
>>>
>>> So everyone has until the end of this month to apply.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if there is anything else on your mind regarding
>>> this topic.
>>>
>>> gRTz ben
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19/08/13 10:42, ben van 't ende wrote:
>>>> Hey Jigal,
>>>>
>>>> Good points. No problem to extend that period as it would also give
>>>> some room
>>>> for some extra attention to the topic. Would end of September give
>>>> enough room
>>>> for that?
>>>>
>>>> Concerning your other questions, we will work that out if they occur.
>>>> I do not
>>>> see a big problem there and is quite theoretical for now.
>>>>
>>>> gRTz ben
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 17/08/13 19:25, Jigal van Hemert wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14-8-2013 19:07, ben van 't ende wrote:
>>>>>> After 7 days a non-public email gets sent to each active
>>>>>> contributor that he/she
>>>>>> has time to vote for a leader.
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that there are still school holidays in countries where most
>>>>> ACs come from:
>>>>> - Netherlands (parts) until September 1
>>>>> - Germany (parts) until September 11
>>>>> - Switzerland (parts) until September 1
>>>>> - ...
>>>>>
>>>>>> vote. The future leader needs to have at least the simple majority
>>>>>> (50%) or, if
>>>>>> multiple people propose for the job, the one with the most votes.
>>>>>
>>>>> If there are is only one candidates does that person still need a
>>>>> percentage of
>>>>> the votes? Is there a minimum of voting persons required? What if
>>>>> two candidates
>>>>> (with the most votes) have exactly the same number of votes (there
>>>>> are not that
>>>>> many votes, so it could happen)?
>>>>>
>>>>> When is the time for all candidates to come forward with there plans
>>>>> and ideas?
>>>>> Or maybe answer some questions?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>



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