<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 December 2016 at 10:18, Anthony Towns <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aj@erisian.com.au" target="_blank">aj@erisian.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">So, for what it's worth, these things seem exactly in line with what I've<br>
seen from past councils over the past decade and a bit -- the council<br>
gets the boring, less visible work; council members have other things<br>
crop up that distracts them; and the best stuff is done by people who<br>
aren't actually on the council.<br>
<br>
It (still) seems to me like it'd be best for the council to recognise<br>
this reality and go with the flow, rather than trying to resist it...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Or to propose a new model that actually puts council in a role of driving a leadership agenda, rather than just management/support role.</div><div><br></div><div>I think this is the crux of Kathy's platform - if council is to lead, then other approaches must be identified to get the work done.</div><div>And for essential work, volunteers aren't an appropriate solution - because they get busy, interrupted and sometimes don't have the required skills.</div><div>Have a volunteer team is great, but the buck needs to stop somewhere, and that's going to either be with staff or a contractor (or, as with the membership database problem, it never gets done).</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
That gives some... counterintuitive conclusions though: for example, I<br>
think Kathy's vision would be most likely to be achieved if she weren't on<br>
the council, let alone President. </blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I think this misconstrues the brilliant opportunity Hugh and Kathy have given us. This isn't a vote on leadership, its a referendum on the future of LA.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Kathy winning doesn't require Kathy to deliver. It creates a direction for the council (and future volunteers in all capacities) to work towards. It might even be Hugh that delivers more of it.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I would love to see LA not just foster events, but also communities. Vibrant communities of open developers who are creating things. An open maker movement.</div><div class="gmail_extra">-N</div></div>