Judyth wrote:- > I'm not comfortable taking sides between individuals, especially > when those individuals are both volunteers working for a cause I > believe in. That being said, I'm also very UNcomfortable with the > notion that any one person, elected or otherwise, could assume he > or she was irreplaceable -- no organization can function well if > it risks collapse if one person leaves or gets hit by a truck. > > That's presumably why we elected a full Panel rather than just > one person, and why we have a Web working-group rather than leave > everything to the webmaster. In the absence of our > yet-to-be-written bylaws, may I ask if we have a consensus on the > following? > > --------------- > > RESOLVED THAT the Panel be authorized to transfer webmastering > authority for the ICANNatlarge.com Web site to the Web Working > Group as a whole, and that said working group be empowered to set > up such mailing lists, forums and Web pages as may be needed on > receipt of a Panel resolution to that effect. > > ___ Yes __X_ No ___ Abstain > > > Member Name: Joanna Lane > > --------------- Comments: Years of working in film and television has taught me that it will be extremely difficult if not impossible to run this website effectively on a day to day basis by committee. This is one of the areas on which Joop and I agree. The hurdles to a consensus decision are incompatible with providing any kind of timely service, especially news orientated. My suggestion is to appoint three individuals, each with clearly defined duties. WG-WEB could formulate those job descriptions, solicit volunteers and recommend suitable individuals for the roles, then the Panel could endorse/ make the final decision and we would all let them get on with the job - with the longer term decisions - such as innovative improvements being made through WG-WEB. To be fair to Joop, he never had any proper design brief, appropriate editorial guidance, and he has been doing 3 jobs, which I would describe as Webmaster, Web Writer and Web Designer. It is hardly surprising to me that it has all gone a little wrong, but putting a committee to work out the day to day minutiae, is not the answer IMHO. It would bring something that ought to be vibrant and innovative to a grinding halt - as a 1000 design and editorial decisions undergo a procedure equivalent to the election of a nation state president. It won't fly. To make a start on this problem a while ago, I drafted job descriptions for each of the 3 jobs I and posted these to the forum at http://www.icannatlarge.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=245&postdays=0&postorder=a sc&start=15 and http://www.fitug.de/atlarge-discuss/0208/msg00038.html together with a (rather wordy) design brief which the Panel/ WG-WEB could use as a starting point. (I have momentarily mislaid that URL but it appears a day or so prior to the job descriptions). My 2 cents. Regards, Joanna --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de