GCC association with the FSF

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 8:10 AM
> From: "Richard Kenner" <kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
> To: rodgert@appliantology.com
> Cc: david.brown@hesbynett.no, dimech@gmx.com, gcc@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: GCC association with the FSF
>
> > So, that's a solid 'no' on the likelihood of you contributing
> > anything of value to the discussion of GCC governance then?
>
> I really think that most of the people replying on this thread have a
> much more encompassing view of "GCC governance" than actually exists.

If the community makes it too hard by demanding too much (which seems to me
that it is bending towards the merely bureaucratic), people would be discouraged
to serve on it.

Years ago I proposed Committee Refreshments and Committee Rotations
for School Governing Bodies in the United Kingdom, which was supported
by the Department for Education and Skills of the UK Government that
existed until 2007.  A strategy that can potentially resolve a lot of
problems within the free software community.

I also suggest the concept of logrolling with laid down safeguards first
applied to legislation by US Congressman David Crockett in about 1835.
This does have benefits in direct democracies.

Regards
Christopher