Re: IG charter: modification suggestion

On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:57:23 +0200, FUNAHASHI Yosuke  
<yfuna@tomo-digi.co.jp> wrote:

Hi Yosuke,

> What do you think about creating task forces by matter of concern and  
> interest? (as needed)

I think doing this is essential to make progress.

The real question is how much we need to formally make a task force, and  
how much it is a case of identifying the people who are working on a  
particular topic on the home page (so we know who was *meant* to be at the  
meetings or sending comments ;) ).

It isn't an exact science to get volunteers to do spadework. If a task  
force is run wholly as part of the IG, I believe we can create them  
without having it in the charter - the requirement is to set ourselves a  
task, and name ourselves as the people responsible for it, then do it.

> In other words, I would like to discuss, hum... said a certain way,  
> recruiting and human resources management on the IG. (of course,  
> volunteers) ...  But with no spadework, we will proceed very slowly.  
> ...  I would like to discuss the possibility for the task forces to be  
> responsible for the preparatory work regarding given topics.  Do you  
> think it will work?

There's a delicate balance between having lots of process (which can end  
up meaning people who are not named contribute less than they might  
because they think it is someone else's job) and not enough clarity (which  
means they contribute less than they might because they are not sure when  
and how they should be getting involved.

I think that managing this is really what the chairs and staff contact do  
in the way that they run the group, interact with participants, and  
publish information on the home page. If there were something magic I knew  
of to add to the charter to help, I would propose it, but in my experience  
it is more a matter of people working hard and efficiently, and I don't  
know of any wording that makes that happen for a group like this. Of  
course, if you have anything that you think can help, please propose it.

Actually I think we are nearing the limits of what we can do by editing  
the charter. This is good - it means we are getting ready to start the  
*doing* phase (after charter review ...)

cheers

Chaals

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