[Numpy-discussion] NumPy Governance

[Perry Greenfield]

I'm not sure I'm crazy about leaving final decision making for a  
board. A board may be a good way of carefully considering the issues,  
and it could make it's own recommendation (with a sufficient  
majority). But in the end I think one person needs to decide (and that  
decision may go against the board consensus, presumably only rarely).

Why shouldn't that person be you?

Perry

On Dec 4, 2011, at 11:32 PM, Travis Oliphant wrote:

> Great points.   My initial suggestion of 5-11 was more about current  
> board size rather than trying to fix it.
>
> I agree that having someone represent from major downstream projects  
> would be a great thing.
>
> -Travis
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote:
>
>> On 12/4/2011 1:43 AM, Charles R Harris wrote:
>>> I don't think there are 5 active developers, let alone 11.
>>> With hard work you might scrape together two or three.
>>> Having 5 or 11 people making decisions for the two or
>>> three actually doing the work isn't going to go over well.
>>
>> Very true! But you might consider including on any board
>> a developer or two from important projects that are very
>> NumPy dependent.  (E.g., Matplotlib.)
>>
>> One other thing: how about starting with a "board" of 3
>> and a rule that says any active developer can request to
>> join, that additions are determined by majority vote of
>> the existing board, and  that having the board both small
>> and odd numbered is a priority?  (Fixing the board size
>> in advance for a project we all hope will grow substantially
>> seems odd.)
>>
>> fwiw,
>> Alan Isaac
>>
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