(2008-11-19) FLSCo 选举开始

FLSCo 的领袖 Glezos 在博客中提到，Fedora 本地化小组的指导委员会提名正在进行。

六个月前，L10n 小组的一些成员提议成立了翻译人员的 SCo。成立 SCo 是为了补充 Fedora 翻译项目以及整个 Fedora 项目和社区的空白。它鼓励稳健而有效率的工作方式，引导社区的活动，解答活动中出现的问题。准确地说，FLSCo 职责如下：
* 提供指导： FLSCo 目前由几位 FLP 的最有经验的成员组成，很多时候需要回答棘手的问题，例如 FLP 在 Fedora 所有子项目中的地位，FLP 的技术基础，诸如此类。
* 做出抉择： 掌管社区的“印信”，这样无论 FLP 内外，都可以确信一项决定是代表整个项目做出的。
* 担负责任： 维护 FLP 的核心工具，保证在需要时可用。
* 召开会议： 经常召开会议，讨论邮件列表上未决的问题，也允许其他人参与会议并提出问题。
具体的工作内容：
* 经常性会议： 每两周一次，在公开的 IRC 频道
* 为会影响其他项目的事情做决定，例如冻结等等
* 在 Fedora 发布和董事会中，代表 FLP 的需求
* 在 Fedora 的集会中，介绍翻译项目
* 每周至少 1-2 小时处理 FLP 事务
如果你希望参与，可以在提名页添加自己。本次有三个席位需要选举。

原文见 FLSCo elections “F10″ coming up

• A Fedora release is approaching, and so does the elections for the Fedora Localization Steering Committee. The Nominations page is open.

  Six months ago, a few folks in L10n proposed to have a SCo for translations. Ηaving a group of people as a SCo serves to complement and augment a bigger project like Fedora translations, which belongs to an even bigger project and community. It does so by encouraging work within reasonable bounds of efficiency and sanity, and help guide and answer questions which come to the surface as a result of the community activity.

  Getting down to business, what does FLSCo exactly provide?

  • Guidance: Some of FLP’s most experienced people have served on FLSCo, and are often expected to provide answers to tough questions about FLP’s position on the map of Fedora’s sub-projects, its infrastructure and path, etc.
  • Confidence: Act as the community’s stamp of approval, so that folks both from outside and inside the FLP can feel confident that a decision represents the whole project.
  • Accountability: Maintain core bits of the FLP’s tools, ensuring things are working when they really should.
  • Frequent meetings: Meet frequently to discuss any topics which haven’t been discussed on our lists and give an open floor to anyone wanting to raise any other issue, in addition to the mailing list.

  What do we usually practically do as FLSCo?

  • Meet frequently (every two weeks more or less) on an open IRC meeting
  • Take typical decisions that affect other projects, like how to deal with a string freeze, etc
  • Represent FLP’s needs in Fedora Release and Board meetings
  • Meet face to face in Fedora conferences and talk about translations
  • New: Spend on average 1-2 hours per week on FLP stuff

  If you’d like to be part of this group, do put your name up on the nominations page. This time we’ve got 3 seats for election.