On Wednesday 03 January 2007 11:52, Jeff Waugh <jdub@perkypants.org> wrote: > <quote who="Christopher Yeoh"> > > > If there are problems with not having sufficently geographic diverse > > representation on the committee, then what about changing things in the > > future to allow LUGs (say with minimum size and regular meeting > > qualifications) to be have the right to internally vote for a > > representative on the LA committee (eg additional reserved spots - maybe > > only for those areas/LUGs where there aren't existing reps)? > > There was an attempt a while back to create a forum for LUG leaders to work > together and interact with the LA committee. It was in the form of a > mailing list at that time, but could be something else. I would far prefer > something like that to swelling the committee with geographical > representatives. Do we need geographical *representation* to pursue LA's > goals (ie. the community's goals) or do we need better *communication*? I'd > suggest the latter. Please spare us the burden of a geographically-based system of governance! It might be (or might have been) a good choice for nation-states, but it would shackle a flexible technology-based organisation like LA. Is there genuinely a sentiment that certain geographical areas are being underrepresented (or even misrepresented)? If so, are there alternative/modified forms of governance/communication that we can investigate? It sounds like we may be allowing ourselves to over-speculate and over-emphasise minor issues, thereby distracting ourselves from more important matters. Note that there are other divisions other than geographical, like socio-economic, occupational and educational. Do we alter our structure for those as well? How do we reconcile these all at once? The answer, as I see it, is to maintain a flexible form of governance and infrastructure, not much different in principle from what we have now. -- Your toaster doesn't crash. Your television doesn't crash. Why should your computer? http://www.whylinuxisbetter.net
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