To solve the kind of issues which have been identified, other open
source projects create elected boards that guide both the
non-development aspects of the project as well as the development's
general direction (a part which the admin team assumes right now,
which makes sense). I really think that Haiku could improve from
having such a board, elected by the participants, which would help
relief the burden Michael Phipps has carried over the years. The board
would mostly coordinate and execute administrative work, manage the
funds as well as the image/trademark. Good communication between the
board and the core developers would be an absolute necessity though,
as the development requirements and general associated details
(licensing, etc) are very important.
