[Numpy-discussion] NumPy Governance

[Travis Oliphant]

Great points.   My initial suggestion of 5-11 was more about current board size rather than trying to fix it.  

I agree that having someone represent from major downstream projects would be a great thing. 

-Travis


On Dec 4, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote:

> On 12/4/2011 1:43 AM, Charles R Harris wrote:
>> I don't think there are 5 active developers, let alone 11.
>> With hard work you might scrape together two or three.
>> Having 5 or 11 people making decisions for the two or
>> three actually doing the work isn't going to go over well.
> 
> Very true! But you might consider including on any board
> a developer or two from important projects that are very
> NumPy dependent.  (E.g., Matplotlib.)
> 
> One other thing: how about starting with a "board" of 3
> and a rule that says any active developer can request to
> join, that additions are determined by majority vote of
> the existing board, and  that having the board both small
> and odd numbered is a priority?  (Fixing the board size
> in advance for a project we all hope will grow substantially
> seems odd.)
> 
> fwiw,
> Alan Isaac
> 
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