Vision 2016 H1

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 25 January 2016 at 16:20:50 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> Yeah, it's interesting. I recall thinking as I was drafting the 
> document: "One word... ONE word that doesn't sit well and it 
> will be all about that word." And now here we are. It's like 
> those presidential or Fed chairman press conferences... :o).
>
> I changed http://wiki.dlang.org/Vision/2016H1.

Yea, let's paint that non-pacifistic bikeshed ;-)

In seriousness: I think the vision in terms of improving 
engagement is fine, but what I would suggest in practice is to 
focus carefully on the decision-making structure that is needed 
in order for D to flourish.

That's going to involve some serious thought about, for example, 
what sort of decisions Walter and yourself are happy delegating, 
what circumstances you might reserve a veto or override, and how 
to arrange things (and provide structured guidance) so that the 
chances of you needing to pull those powers out are minimal.

It would also involve considering who gets a say about who sits 
in various decision-making roles (for example, how to mix 
top-down and bottom-up selection of people who will hold 
positions of responsibility).

I think that getting that basic structure right may do a lot in 
terms of making it possible to obtain, productively use, and 
retain contributors on every possible level.