Sustainability Working Group - Kickoff meeting agenda

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orga-team planning and coordination

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Sustainability Working Group - Kickoff meeting agenda #139

Closed plexus closed 2 years ago

plexus commented 7 years ago

how to keep everyone happy
how to keep the organization healthy
how to spread the load

vsmart commented 6 years ago

Still :heart: this idea, unfortunately no bandwidth for this right now. Let's revisit after the workshop :)

daveliepmann commented 6 years ago

I'm reopening (with the long-term/low-prio tag) so we remember to circle back to this circa November 2017.

I recommend that one part of this is identifying more clearly who the orga-team is as it changes over time. "Who has the keys to what" is still extremely opaque in-group knowledge.

daveliepmann commented 6 years ago

One part of that high opacity is, for instance, who should review PRs in each repo. Right now I request PRs pseudo-randomly, trying to get approval from someone who may have some sort of maximally-vague "ownership" related to the ticket. There's some threshold below which I feel empowered to merge my own PRs. Some more structure here could help.

daveliepmann commented 6 years ago

Some essential reading on the issue of hidden structures in flat organizations:

"The Tyranny of Structurelessness" is an influential essay by American feminist Jo Freeman inspired by her experiences in a 1960s women's liberation group that concerns power relations within radical feminist collectives. (wikipedia)

Full text [PDF]

daiyi commented 6 years ago

+1. I really want to step up for things and feel super motivated for certain tasks, but I super don't want to be stepping on peoples' toes, yet I don't want to be self-defeating. Having more clearly defined structure would help me funnel my energy in the most effective and least stressful way!