The best forum for this is on the meta-RfC dealing with both this individual problem and the larger issues (which are, as far as I know, already anticipated in many cases in the processes the stewards currently use).
Nathan
On Jan 7, 2008 12:27 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On 07/01/2008, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
2008/1/7, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
If it's really that bad, then we close the project. If there are serious problems with a project and there is no community to fix them, we close the project.
And who is this 'we' that is going to close the project? If we really would be able to do so, it would not be necessary. At least I would be perfectly willing to use my Steward powers (when I get them, I still need to find a photocopier etcetera first) if there were a request or explicit authorization from the board to do so. And I think there's more Stewards who would do the same, and that with anything less than that, we won't have the right to close down the project either.
"We" as in the larger community. I can't remember what the procedure is for closing projects, but there is one. If the project doesn't have a community able to appoint a new admin, then it doesn't have a community able to actually do anything with the project, so what's the point of having it open?
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