Thanks for clarifying Brian. If folks add their +1s it will mean for Brian to get a Contributor grant.
-- mark On 2/8/10 5:36 PM, Brian Cameron wrote: > > Garrett: > > I think that there was some miscommunication. On February 3rd Mark > Carlson sent out an email where he said: > > > It's time again for opensolaris elections and a number of us who > have > had core contributor grants have had them expire. I took the > liberty > > of grepping through the grant list to find folks who are in the same > > situation. > > > > If you are in the list below, and would like to renew your core > > contributor status please send me an email (mark.carlson at sun.com) > > and I will gather these up into a single email asking for +1's to > > save all our inboxes from the deluge. > > My account appeared in the list provided, so I assumed that I was > already a Core Contributor and asked Mark to renew my Core Contributor > grant. However, after double checking, I was only previously a > Contributor and not a Core Contributor. > > So, I agree with Garrett. I would like for only my Contributor grant > in the ARC community to be renewed and I agree that it does not make > sense for me to be a voting Core Contributor in the ARC community since > I am not a full LSARC member. > >>> The following are ARC interns who are nominated for Core Contributors >>> of the Architecture Process and Tools community: >>> yippi, Brian Cameron >> >> While I like Brian and think he'd be a great person to represent us, I'm >> concerned about what policies we might already have set in place >> equating CC to Full Member. As an Intern, Brian doesn't have a vote in >> ARC cases, so I'm not sure that it makes sense to extend a governance >> vote to him (at least from this community). (That said, I do believe >> that Brian has amply earned CC status in other communities such as >> gnome,/desktop, but I don't know what such grants he might or might not >> have received.) Personally, I believe that Brian contributes >> significantly and ought to be a full LSARC member, but my opinion here >> isn't terribly meaningful since I'm not an LSARC member myself. > > Thank you for the kind words. I was invited to be an LSARC member > earlier this year. However, I declined because I am also serving on > the GNOME Foundation board of directors and am acting as their > secretary. There are only so many volunteer projects a person can > focus on effectively. > > Also, for the record, I am already a Core Contributor for the > OpenSolaris Desktop community. > >> So, I'm with-holding a +1. I am _not_ saying -1, but I *would* like to >> have a clearer statement about what the policy here is about CC vs. Full >> Member for the ARC community. >> >> If Brian is either promoted to full LSARC membership, or if we determine >> that its OK to extend CC grants to Interns, then at that time I'll offer >> up a +1 >> >> I have no such reservations about a Contributor grant for Brian, and >> hereby nominate him for one in the event that he doesn't already hold >> one. > > I am only seeking that my Contributor grant be renewed. Apologies for > the confusion. > > Brian > _______________________________________________ > arc-discuss mailing list > arc-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/arc-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/arc-discuss/attachments/20100208/c752bcc9/attachment.html>
