Hi Michael, Thanks for the feedback. You're completely right: that sort of documentation is sorely lacking. I'll update the proposal and/or repository to more explicit about this.
Warm regards Jasper On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 05:40:19PM +0200, Michael Snoyman wrote: > Maybe this is just me, but I think it would be useful to have documented in > that repository as well what items fall under the purview of the haskell.org > committee, and therefore what kinds of proposals would be appropriate. > Maybe this is just me, but I'm not certain where the line would be drawn > between different groups and committees within the wider Haskell ecosystem. > If this is already documented somewhere, a link from the README.md would > IMO be very helpful. > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 5:23 PM Jasper Van der Jeugt <m...@jaspervdj.be> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > The Haskell.org committee would like to adopt a new proposal format, > > inspired by the GHC Steering Committee. We have created a repository > > with proposals here: > > > > https://github.com/haskell-org/committee > > > > I would like to call the members of the committee to vote on these > > proposals, but we also value community feedback. The two proposals > > are: > > > > - 0001: Establish the proposal process > > https://github.com/haskell-org/committee/pull/1 > > - 0002: Adopt the GRC code of conduct > > https://github.com/haskell-org/committee/pull/2 > > > > For posterity and archival, I am including the full text of the > > proposals here. For the record, I am in favor of accepting both > > proposals. > > > > # Proposal 0001: Haskell.org proposals > > > > In an effort to make the work of Haskell.org committee more > > transparent, we would like to adopt a proposal process similar to the > > [GHC Steering Committee]. > > > > The proposed process is fairly light: > > > > 1. New proposals are created as pull requests with a single file, > > following a `proposals/XYZW-some-title.extention` naming scheme. > > A template is available in `proposals/0000-template.md`. > > > > 2. Proposals must have an author set who is responsible for driving > > the discussion. If the author is not a member of the Haskell.org > > committee, we may additionally appoint a shepherd from the > > committee to help with this. It is the responsibility of the > > author and the shepherd to notify any communities that may be > > interested in the proposal, so we can gather community feedback. > > > > 3. The proposal must have a link to the PR discussion, so readers can > > easily find the full discussion once the PR is merged. > > > > 4. We strive to make unanimous decisions, but we can use a majority > > vote (the committee has an odd number of members) to move forward. > > > > 5. What happens next depends on whether or not the proposal is > > accepted: > > > > - If the proposal is accepted, `date-accepted` is set and the > > proposal is merged into the repository. A summary with a link > > to the full PR discussion is sent out to > > `commun...@haskell.org`. > > > > - If the proposal is not accepted, the proposal is also merged > > for posterity, but a section is ammended to explain why it was > > rejected. > > > > # Proposal 0002: Guidelines for Respectful Communication > > > > The Haskell.org committee adopts the [Guidelines for Respectful > > Communication][grc]. > > > > This applies only to members of the board, in in all our public > > interactions in the Haskell sphere, including email, social media, > > discussion forums, and so on. > > > > We may later adopt a stricter Code of Conduct, or set a Code of > > Conduct for platforms we manage (e.g. Discourse, mailing lists), but > > that is out of scope for this proposal. > > > > [grc]: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals/blob/master/GRC.rst > > [GHC Steering Committee]: https://github.com/ghc-proposals/ghc-proposals > > > > Warm regards > > Jasper > > _______________________________________________ > > Haskell-community mailing list > > Haskell-community@haskell.org > > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community > > _______________________________________________ Haskell-community mailing list Haskell-community@haskell.org http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/haskell-community
