Hi Paul, all, On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Paul Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Markus, > Great that we're talking about this - definitely something needs to be done.
Thanks for your immediate reply. > RFC 1 says in regard to the composition of the PSC: > > "Addition and removal of members from the committee, as well as selection of > Chair is handled as a proposal to the committee as described above." Yes, amusingly this "described above" points to nowhere. So one new phrase is needed closing the gap. > I unfortunately haven't had the time to contribute to GRASS for a few years > now, primarily because my work has taken me away from the field of GIS - so > I would be happy to propose myself to be removed from the PSC at any time. It does not mean to be kicked of this open list! General comment: I just want to be the PSC a bit more active, i.e. proposing new ideas, implementing more at outreach and so forth. May I felt a bit too much talking to myself here in the past :) > It's very easy to let these things drift, so I think a specific date every > year at which PSC members can confirm their intention to continue is a great > idea. Agreed. Like this we get a rhythm. > I'm not sure this really needs any changes to RFC 1 either - if desired, it > could simply be an informal rule. I believe that an addition is needed, especially to fix the currently broken reference to "above" in the text. > If any PSC members aren't willing to > continue, then their removal from the PSC can be put forward as a proposal > by the chair. I dunno, this sounds much like "the chair kicks the sleepy members out". See below for a proposal. > I do think it's important to have a specific date every year > that everyone knows about though, as five working days is quite short and > someone might be away on holiday for example. Sure - I put it this time to get something rolling :) > To make it convenient for the changes you're proposing right now, I would > suggest 1 June could be the annual "renewal date". I would propose to add something like this phrase to RFC1: "The PSC members are requested to annually confirm (via email to the PSC mailing list) the continuation of their active involvement in the PSC. This confirmation is expected by 1 June of each year. In case of lack of this confirmation the member will be replaced." [please put into real English, thanks] > Apart from that, great work. Great work of a great community! Best Markus _______________________________________________ grass-psc mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-psc
