Sj a écrit:
On Tue, 14 Sep 19:02 -0700 (PDT), chris_mahan@yahoo.com wrote:
--- Anthere anthere9@yahoo.com wrote:
Technical and financial decisions are two different things imho. Technical responsability Walter is mentionning is currently typically one some developers are trusted to do I think. However, the financial responsability mentionned is right now only limited to Jimbo and perhaps to our treasurer.
The bulk of financial decisions (regular renewals) could be planned far in advance and cleared, en masse, with a financial officer. A small emergency fund as mav mentioned should suffice for unexpected needs.
A few questions are
- Do we have a problem with our domain names handling ?
yes.
- Is there a need to have one person in charge of this ?
no; let every eager person you can find help; but one point-person at any given moment. See my stock reply below. :-)
Chris Mahan:
I peronally think that the job is highly critical, and should not be left to a volunteer. You should either hire someone who does this already for a living, as a professional, or jimbo should handpick
Motivated volunteers can do an excellent job with highly critical tasks. It is nevertheless important to avoid single points of failure. While I support Walter wholeheartedly as someone to manage domain issues, the primary work of such a manager would be to make sure the relevant information was organized and available to others, so that they could take up slack as needed.
A small group of interested people, one of whom at any given time is the point person for any sudden decisions, is definitely needed. A one-person group is better than none; larger would be better still.
Nod, I agree with all this and Mav proposal for an amount to be set aside in advance strike me as being the solution.
Other opinions ?
ant