This post kicks off the election process with nominations to replace the current Hosting Team Reps.
Current Team Reps are @Crixu and @javiercasares.
The Role
In the WordPress open-source project, each team has on average one or two representatives, abbreviated as Reps. The Team Rep represents the team to the wider Make project, and the project to the Hosting Team.
The reason we have multiple Team Reps is that one can take responsibility for the duties during the first half of the term while the other provides backup, and that in the 2nd half of the term, the backup rep will take the primary responsibility. This means about 3 months learning the ropes, and about 3 months as the primary team rep. In the past years, we always had four reps to better cover various time zones, with two reps for the AMER region and two reps for the APAC/EMEA region. This year we’re open for discussion of the team’s whether we continue with this or if the team decides to proceed with two reps in total. In any case, we welcome anyone who contributes to the team by preparing and running meetings, running a contributor day table or contributing to our projects – you don’t need to be a rep for that.
It’s not called “team lead” for a reason. It’s an administrative role. While people elected as team reps will generally come from the pool of folks that people think of as experienced leaders, the Team Rep role is designed to change hands regularly. As a Team Rep, you’re accountable to “get things done” within the team and aggregate ideas into doable actions.
This role has a time commitment attached to it. Not a huge amount, it’s at least three hours a week. Here are the main tasks:
- Post the agenda, host the chats, and summarize them.
- Keeping an eye on the moving parts of the team to be able to report for quarterly updates.
Full details on the Team Rep role is on the Team Update site.
In 2024, we’ve changed from four team reps to two team reps, and we wanted to open up the discussion around this again. So outside the nomination process we also want to talk as a team if we intend to be represented by two individuals or go back to the four team reps setup. You are welcome to leave a comment on this post or go ahead and leave a vote on this survey anonymously.
How the election works
Please nominate people in the comments of this post, DM an existing Team Rep, or fill out this survey anonymously. Self-nominations are welcome. The deadline is November 27th, 2024 at 23:59 UTC.
Once the nomination window is closed, we will open a poll for voting. It will stay open for about two weeks. The new reps will start their role on January 1st, 2025.
If you want to nominate someone in private, please reach out to one of the Team Reps. Current Team Reps are @Crixu and @javiercasares on Slack.
Disclaimer: if you get nominated, please don’t feel like you have to say yes. The polls will only include the names of the people who are responding positively to a nomination. So feel free to reply with a “Thank you, but no, thank you”.
If you require supplemental information, please feel free to ask in the comments, we will be happy to reply. Please also include your opinion on the “two vs. four team reps” proposal.