Thanks for the detailed explanation. I think I understand, and am willing to take this on. I'll start the discussion on databases-discuss to identify the contributors.
P.S. I am at Community One in June, but only for the Monday & Tuesday. I'll look out for the OGB. Do you have a stand/booth anywhere? Michelle Olson wrote: > Hi James, > > Welcome to the group and thanks for your interest to represent the > Databases community, much appreciated! > > The role of a community group facilitator is to ensure that the record > of the contributor and core contributor grants for your community is > kept up-to-date with the OGB Secretary. > > In the case of the databases community, there are no grants so far, so > you're role, should you choose to accept it, would be to help us > understand who are the core contributors in your community group. > > To do this, you could provide a list of names of the people who have > contributed code to your community and to the cluster agent project that > the databases community sponsors. If you don't know their names, you > could start with the list of Leaders for your community group, for > example. This list of contributors and core contributors should be > discussed on databases-discuss, voted on by the Leaders (if they are > still actively participating), and sent to the ogb-discuss mailing list > to be added to the opensolaris.org user database. > > Background: > Specific criteria for becoming a contributor or core contributor varies > by community group, but, in general, Contributors have demonstrated more > than two significant contributions that support the goals of your > community over a period of time. Core Contributors, in general, have > contributed more than three significant contributions over a longer > period of time, participate regularly, agree to vote in the annual OGB > election, and have binding votes in community group decisions. > Facilitators generally also are core contributors who are responsible > for voting in community group decisions and the annual election. > > Because your community hasn't been through these formalities before, > this might seem like a lot to do. But, I think we could bootstrap an > initial list of contributors quickly if you would manage a discussion on > databases-discuss. Here is an example thread: > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=333063񑔇 > > After that, the role shouldn't require more than 1 hour per month (to > read facilitation-discuss for any new voting policies, pass them down to > your community, and to lead any discussions of new databases community > contributors as we approach the yearly election). > > There are no travel requirements or travel expectations for the role. > But, if you'll be at CommunityOne in San Francisco in June, let us know, > because OGB will be there too and would be happy to talk with you more. > We host an open concall meeting every Thursday, feel free to dial in if > you want to talk live about any of this: > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/meeting_minutes/call_details/ > > When the Web community rolls out the new authentication app at end of > June, we'll have a way to officially mark you as the databases community > group facilitator, but until then, I would simply add your name to the > active facilitators table on the facilitation project web page. > > Regards, > Michelle > > > On 05/13/09 08:23, James Gates wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm interested in becoming the facilitator for the Databases CG. >> I'm a staff engineer in the Solaris RPE (sustaining) org. and also >> RPE's technology manager for databases - Which essentially means I'm >> responsible for the maintenance of database products bundled with >> Solaris & Open Solaris (PostgreSQL is our main source of work). I've >> worked for Solaris RPE for 9 years, prior to that I worked for Oracle >> (UK) for 5 years. >> >> I'd like to know a little more about the responsibilities & tasks >> expected of the facilitator role, an estimate of the amount of time >> the role takes, and if there are any travel requirements/expectations. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> Michelle Olson wrote: >>> Hello Databases CG members, >>> >>> The new OGB-sponsored Facilitation project is an effort to improve >>> overall annual election processes and communication. >>> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/facilitation/ >>> >>> We launched on April 22, and we're doing outreach to community groups >>> for which there is no known 'Facilitator' who coordinates contributor >>> and core contributor grants. If you are, or would like to be, the >>> Facilitator for the Databases CG, please join facilitation-discuss >>> and introduce yourself. >>> >>> To subscribe, send blank email to >>> facilitation-discuss-subscribe at opensolaris.org. >>> >>> We'll keep you updated on information related to voting and the >>> election that you can pass on to your community. It is low-traffic >>> and we have about 15 facilitators on list so far. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Michelle Olson >>> OGB Chair >>> _______________________________________________ >>> databases-discuss mailing list >>> databases-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/databases-discuss >> > -- Jim Gates Sun Microsystems Nashua, NH, USA http://sun.com/postgresql
