So, Vincent writes that with fewer people on the board, “maybe we’ll see the end of the popularity contest at the next elections”. Unfortunately, with fewer people on the board, and vastly less diversity in its composition, the ‘popularity contest’ problem will actually be exacerbated. Seven people simply can’t represent the diversity of the GNOME community, so I think that a more robust organisational structure is a better fix for the board’s inability to execute.
Sure, fewer people means the board will be able to make decisions more easily, but those decisions will be informed by a group that is less diverse and less representative of the entire GNOME community.
I’d prefer to make the board more effective, instead of making it more insulated!
