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[Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Ahmed Shams <ahmedkhattabshams@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

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> On 28 December 2011 18:56, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> *First: About Council:*
>>> *Elections:*
>>> * Who can be Nominated to join the council?*
>>>   A) Any member of ~ubuntu-eg
>>>   B) Official members of Ubutnu-EG(Membership can be granted through
>>> preparing application > meeting > Approval or refusal)
>>>   C) Any member of any of the Focus Groups(Sub-teams)
>>>   D) Council members are a combination of elected Admins of all FGs.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know if I got point D right or not, but if you mean that FGs
>> admins has to be in the council I have to object. FGs number could be very
>> large (in the future at least), and we can't resize the council according
>> to the no. of FGs.
>>
> Yes I think so, please pick the one you think is the most suitable
>

*That would be "B" *

> **
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>> * How can people join an FG?*
>>>   A) By Preparing application > Meeting > Approval/refusal.
>>>   B) By Preparing application(on wiki) > send introduction(of himself)
>>> to that FG's mailinglist > older members review application >
>>> Approval/Refusal by council.
>>>   C) Directly, without any approval process.
>>>
>>>
>> I believe people need to show interest and why do they want to join a
>> specific FGs. Having a formal process will help achieve this goal, but not
>> sure if it will have any other implications.
>>
> I love 'D', it keeps quality. Don't worry about implications, I've seen it
> work in Ubuntu Beginners Team, and it gave some good results. But, our
> environment is tiny, so we can get both, ppl from that support team and
> from outside work side-by-side and support FG will support mentorship.
>

*I don't get what option 'D" is exactly ? *

>  * Choosing Leaders for FGs?*
>>>   A) Through Elections inside that FG.
>>>   B) Through Elections, any ~ubuntu-eg member can vote.
>>>   C) Designated by council.
>>>
>>>
>> Lets not complicate this.
>>
> Yyyy, I love complexity ;)
>
>> I believe the number of members in a specific FG will be small. The first
>> one in an FG will most probably assume leadership, or it can have a flat
>> structure.
>>
>  Leadership should keep rotating, forget about the FG, we build community
> in the first class not structure.
> Ok, you can choose again ;)
>

*I still believe that we can leave this out right now.. :) When we have a
well structured FGs we can start worrying about their leadership if it's
ever needed..*

Regards,
Ahmed Toulan.