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Decision panels are definied in the SL governance documents as bodies set up to study controversial or politically sensitive issues and produce a report about their conclusions as a recommendation to the Oversight Board.

'''Decision panels''' are defined [[Sugar Labs/Governance#Decision Panels|in the Sugar Labs governance documents]] as temporary bodies set up to study a specific controversial or politically sensitive issue, and produce a report about their conclusions as a recommendation to the Oversight Board.  They are formed by a decision of the Oversight Board, generally after a call for volunteers, and given specific topics and questions to address.

== Ben on the origins of the idea ==

== Ben on the origins of the idea ==

Ben wrote about this during its initial discussion:

Ben wrote about this [[Talk:Sugar_Labs/Governance#Decision Panels|during its initial discussion]]:

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As the instigator of this Decision Panel business, I should attempt to clarify the idea. My goal is to make serving on the Oversight Board as unappealing as possible. Ideally, it should be _difficult_ to find seven people willing to serve on the Oversight Board. As such, the document specifies that members of the Oversight Board _cannot_ decide controversial issues. It also specifies that members of the Oversight Board _must_ act as secretaries, taking minutes for every meeting of every committee. Oversight Board members are also prohibited from voting in any of the committee meetings, even though they must attend to take minutes (that's been part of the draft from the beginning). I hope this will be a very frustrating experience for members of the Oversight Board.

As the instigator of this Decision Panel business, I should attempt to clarify the idea. My goal is to make serving on the Oversight Board as unappealing as possible. Ideally, it should be _difficult_ to find seven people willing to serve on the Oversight Board. As such, the document specifies that members of the Oversight Board _cannot_ decide controversial issues. It also specifies that members of the Oversight Board _must_ act as secretaries, taking minutes for every meeting of every committee. Oversight Board members are also prohibited from voting in any of the committee meetings, even though they must attend to take minutes (that's been part of the draft from the beginning). I hope this will be a very frustrating experience for members of the Oversight Board.