Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:28:48 +1000 | From | NeilBrown <> | Subject | Re: 2012 Kernel Summit: Call for Participation: 2nd CALL |
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A second call -- after only 4 days. How many calls will there be? How long do we have to respond? If those of us who happen to be on vacation now (getting out of the way well before the kernel summit), want to delay thinking about a proposal until we're back at work, is that OK, or might we miss out?
> > This year, in order to make the selection process more transparent,
... and I really am having trouble figuring out how this makes it more "transparent". It certainly makes it more noisy. And maybe that is a good thing. There does seem to be more content on the list this time and that is at least partly good. But is it more transparent?
For transparency we would need to see how the selection process will work - when the closing date is, how the proposals will be assessed etc. Will the committee's deliberations be public? Will there be an appeal process?
If not, then the process isn't really transparent.
But this doesn't bother me as I think transparency is over-rated. I'd much rather have competent leadership than transparent leadership, and assuming the committee is the same as previous years (was the committee membership announced? I didn't see it) then I have no doubts about their competence.
So keep up the good work, but if transparency is really what you want then I think you need a little more than just asking people to justify their places.
Thanks, NeilBrown
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