Posted 11 August 2015 - 12:20am by Katherine Dedul
Edict #8:
“That’s all this job is, trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better.”
I had hoped that I wouldn’t need to write this. Ultimately I have to.
For the past few months I have been trying to understand Genesis and mainly how come it’s taken as long as it has (December this year will mark the three year point to when Jack Dipper was appointed under Joe P.’s administration).
I have recently attempted to broker some form of compromise between the Coder and those club members who have publicly and openly expressed their concerns with no effect. The current coder believes this is the only option for the club and is not interested in seeing any other options that may or may not work. I don’t believe this is the right way to do business and it openly discourages people from offering alternatives that may be easier to maintain than a Symfony based platform.
I do not believe that Genesis is the right direction for this club. The coder has failed to convince me of the viability of it based upon the fact that in June 2014 (http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/637731) there appeared to be about 80 hours of work left. Yet we somehow gained another 45 hours of work in June 2015 (http://www.star-fleet.com/webb/node/710716). If the coder cannot adequately and consistently report on how long this thing is going to take, I can’t in good conscience allow it to continue.
As such, Jack Dipper is hereby released as Coder.
Joe P. is hereby appointed as Coder for the remaining transition period until the enactment of TECH as there will be a transitional period that will involve selection of the first board and establishment of the same for approximately two weeks as well.
-Kat