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["Jonathan N. Hindi" <jonathan.hindi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Guys,

On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Ahmed Shams <ahmedkhattabshams@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> SA,
> Here's a brain dump of some issues with our new structure.
> @Toulan: Would you please participate in this.
> Sorry for multi-color/format.
> *
> 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 will choose B.


> * When Elections should take place each release?(If it will happen each
> release!)*
>   A) A Week before each upcoming release.
>   B) A Week after each release.
>   C) A Week After the release party.(Release party can take place any time
> during the month after the release date).
>
> A


> * Where to Elect?(Where to create polls to choose council team members)*
>   A) On launchpad polls.
>   B) Outside Launchpad.
>
> I don't have any specific answer for the question, But maybe we can use
the one used in Ubuntu Elections.


> ===============
> *Second: About Focus Groups:*
> A Focus Group is a sub-team of ~ubuntu-eg that will focus on a specific
> job locally.
> * Suggested Focus Groups:*(Do you oppose any of these?)
>   A)*Support.*(to give support though all of our means)
>   B)*Spokespersons.*(It's a workaround, instead of having a council
> member in each spot(i.e. Alex), it has a spokesperson who is trustworthy
> and experienced enough to maintain and build a new spot there. one spot can
> have many spokespersons). It'll help having many hands to help with
> maintaining a community(or a spot), because number of council members
> should be limited, but spokespersons not.
>   C)*Marketing.*(to take what it takes for marketing issues, they will be
> responsible for it)
>   D)*Moderators.*(maintain all of our means, FB page and group, forum,
> IRC channel, linkedin group, G+ page and so on...) responsible for keeping
> it's environment welcoming, friendly and keep it with Ubuntu Code of
> Conduct.
>   E)*Website Maintainers.*(To share efforts and challenges between many
> persons with different minds and experiences).
>
> I think we need to have a Focus group to be responsible on our social
media, And not inside the moderators, Because social media is not that
small to be embedded inside another team, And if we are going to put it
inside another team, I prefer marketing because it is more relevant.


> * Who can join Focus Groups?*
>   A) Anyone.
>   B) Anyone with history in that specific job(to preserve quality) and
> Activity on it.
> *
> *
>
B


> * 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.
>
> A Because we need to know if he had any experience in such fields before,
And I think this rule will have a lot of exceptions, Because If we applied
the example on the Embedded linux focus group, Anyone interested kan
hy-join, And it is a Workshops Focus Group Assln.


> * Choosing Leaders for FGs?*
>   A) Through Elections inside that FG.
>   B) Through Elections, any ~ubuntu-eg member can vote.
>   C) Designated by council.
>
> A or C


>  * When leader choosing should happen?*
>   A) A Week after council elections.
>   B) A Week before council elections.
>
> B


> What should we do with all of these questions? ;(
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Ahmed
>
>
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