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[Aaron Honeycutt <honeycuttaaron3@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'll +1 to that.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <
valorie-zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What if we transfer ownership of the KCC to the Kubuntu Developers? -v
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 5:59 PM, Aaron Honeycutt
> <honeycuttaaron3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I don't like giving control over to the UCC even if one of our TOP
> > developers is on it. Clay suggested on IRC about having a team managing
> it,
> > I suggest having it like before (the kinda acting leader, in that case
> Jon
> > but in here Philip) then we can just change ownership if someone else
> takes
> > that "chair"
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Valorie Zimmerman
> > <valorie-zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:35 AM, Daniel Holbach
> >> <daniel.holbach@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > On 24.02.2016 11:25, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> >> >> As a historic fact, the Kubuntu Community Council began before there
> >> >> was a UCC.
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you explain what sort of bottleneck you are speaking of? Please
> >> >> explain why the historical facts should be swept away so the org
> chart
> >> >> can be all neat and tidy?
> >> >
> >> > As one example, we quite often had the case where terms of board
> members
> >> > ended before we had replacements. In this case the owner of the team
> can
> >> > quickly go in and extend the term by a few weeks to make additional
> >> > time. Ownership in Launchpad not only reflects a structure in an org
> >> > chart, but it also comes with access privileges.
> >> >
> >> > As Jonathan is not involved in the Kubuntu Council anymore, I think we
> >> > should move on and update Launchpad.
> >> >
> >> > Have a great day,
> >> >  Daniel
> >>
> >> Hello folks, I'm having another think. Daniel was friendly, and it is
> >> true that Jon has moved on, and probably will not be interested in a
> >> KC seat in the future. I'm CC'ing Jon so he can object if he wants.
> >>
> >> Scarlett is now on the UCC, and she has asked in IRC for us to
> >> consider the "bus factor". If one person is the owner, and something
> >> happens to them, what happens to the team? To prevent this, having
> >> group ownership is the best protection, and the UCC is the logical
> >> owner. So I propose a new response, as follows:
> >>
> >> Hello Daniel and the UCC,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your response. We were all taken aback by the abruptness of
> >> the first request, and given the past history of the perceived
> >> disregard of the KCC by the UCC, rather insulted. We all felt we were
> >> being instructed to change ownership for no reason.
> >>
> >> Scarlett and Daniel have both now given us a reason: the bus factor
> >> when a group is owned by a person. We see that that is worth
> >> evaluating, and we are consulting among ourselves.
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> Valorie
> >>
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