Hi Charles, Thank you for your suggestion.
I will factor this into the discussion I am having this week with the conduct/governance team. I will also share the proposed plans with the community and advisory board as soon as I have details. Please rest assured that all members will have a chance to discuss these proposals before anything gets implemented. Many thanks, Kelly Choi Community Manager Xen Project On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 9:20 AM Charles-H. Schulz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Following up on the discussions on the use of certain terms and the way to > handle disagreements that ultimately lead to conflicts, I would like to > suggest certain mecanisms to more effectively handle such conflicts. This > does not mean I'm against any informal or formal voting - I think it was > the > right thing to do at the right time. But looking forward we need to handle > conflicts resolution in a way that inflicts the minimum possible tension > and > paralysis on the code contributions and bug fixing. > > This means that we need to move to a model that's already quite common > in other projects, namely, a model where conflicts resolution is dealt with > processes implemented by one of the more or less formal committees > chartered > or existing in the community governance. > > What this would imply: in the absence of a more complex governance within > the > Xen Project I suggest the Advisory Board be put in charge of conflicts > resolution. With a simple process that I (and others hopefully) will > clarify > soon, the Advisory Board would within a specific timeframe collect and > analyze the conflict either on its own or called upon by one or more > community members. It could effectively talk in more detail and off lists > to > the relevant persons and then suggest a way out of the conflict. > > Ideally - it's Monday and Christmas is not far so let's dream a bit - this > would lift the burden of the conflict management away from the development > list and allow it to be focused on development. The Advisory Board should > in > these cases work in harmony with the informally proposed Technical Advisoy > Board in order to ensure its decisions are not just the consensus of its > own > members but are well understood throughout the project. > > Hope this helps, > -- > Charles-H. Schulz > Vates SAS. > >
