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Nuke, youâre just going to make me repeat the whole thing again. But I will, because I care.
I will try to answer three of your questions together.
The people who are at the bad end of mis-behaviour of reps is not going to be vocal people like me. It is people who are new, people who are outside the communication channels, and people who have no clue that the rep is not behaving appropriately. By saying âoh, if only you had reported we would have actedâ you are just putting your head under the sand.
I clearly mentioned that this is not about specific events/behaviour. I wrote all this up from what I have experienced and heard from others experiences. On the other hand, I havenât quite felt/heard a lot of times about a rep doing their task brilliantly. To any one reasonable person that should be a bad smell. I donât know if your nose is working.
If you want to listen to such feedback, you canât just stay in your cocoon and say âif someone comes knocking, we are willing to hearâ. You have to go out and ask people. And for heavenâs sake ask someone who is not a rep.
nukeador:
As Irvin commented, people personal and private information (bank accounts, home address). Also the total amount of Reps program budget is not public, but percentages on areas where we have been investing are reported every year. This is not something we will change, we want to ensure peopleâs privacy and also comply with Mozilla Corporation legal requirements.
You are just being comfortable with the existing system. If you care about transparency, there are ways to make these numbers public without the sensitive things being out. What if you add a column to the reps events page where the budget requested and the swags requested can be included? The rep will have to enter that info and whoever approves the budget can also verify that they have entered the correct numbers. Thatâs just one idea. If there is a will, there will always be a way.
More complaints, now that the defense mode has been turned on
Should I list down the profile of reps who have just had two âactivitiesâ in the last 24 months just so they donât get kicked for being inactive?
Do you know how much caste-ism or elitism (I scratch your upper caste back, you scratch mine) happens in the reps program? Can you imagine how casteism can be totally hidden to your evaluation metrics?
Do you know how much âcampaigningâ happens for council elections? What makes you think a âdemocraticallyâ elected council is the best way to govern the reps program? (Imagine this situation. Reps council has a say in the reps program, who gets in, who doesnât etc. And then, it is the people who get in that vote the next council. And then the council has a say in the reps program. That is such a fertile ground for inbreeding depression.)
Can you make a list of cumulative term duration of each council member and other leaders of the reps program? Are these numbers going to look good when you talk about âvoluntary leadership principles and leadership rotationâ?
If your answer is going to be âreport these when they happenâ I have no belief in you as a leader. A leader needs to be proactive. A leader needs to understand that silence is not the same as lack of complaints. A leader needs to proactively engage with the communities and fix their problems without having to be prodded by others. Thatâs one more rude statement Iâm going to make.
(@nukeador, thanks for engaging. And thanks for being very respectful. But Iâm sorry. Although your tone is respectful, your actions/intentions arenât)
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