[Foundation-l] Re: domain name administrator--> Trust level

[Anthere]

Sj a écrit:
> On Tue, 14 Sep 19:02 -0700 (PDT), <chris_mahan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>--- Anthere <anthere9 at 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 ?

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