On 2019-01-14 14:16:51 -0600 (-0600), Sean McGinnis wrote:
[...]
> I could see having something where to be an eligible candidate,
> one would either need to be a current or a past PTL. There's
> definitely value in bringing that experience and perspective to
> the TC.
[...]
In principle, our charter doesn't even require candidates for TC
seats be recognized contributors to any project, only that they be
OSF individual members in good standing. In practice, the most
common way people get the visibility required to be elected to the
TC is to have already held another leadership role in the community,
frequently by serving as a PTL.
There are many other leadership positions that we would exclude if we started restricting TC candidates to only current/past PTLs. SIG Chairs (formerly WG leads) for example.
Some sort of leadership role prior to running is important, I agree. But we would never have had people like Colleen Murphy or Chris Dent who were and are, respectively, excellent members of the TC.
While I haven't actually done the
math, I would wager more than half the people ever elected to the TC
have also been PTLs at some point, so I personally have doubts that
making it a policy would actually change anything.
A quick skim of the current sitting TC members, I believe 12 out of
13 are either presently or were formerly also PTLs.
--
Jeremy Stanley
-Kendall (diablo_rojo)