Hi All, The board has been in discussion with Phil about holding the GPG signing key in its possession and has reached a bit of an impasse. We've discussed a few different configurations of which positions on the board should hold the key but have not come to an agreement.
As has been pointed out several times in the conversation, this is an important issue and will impact the project well into the future. It's important that we make a good choice now. To that end, the board has decided that a vote shall be held to ascertain what the members of the project feel is the best way to proceed. The vote will allow you to individually decide whether each of the three board positions (not people, as the people will change) should hold the key. Each position that receives 50% support will be responsible for securely holding a copy of the key. It will then pass from person to person as new boards come and go. It will be possible for you, as a group, to decide that no member of the board should hold the key. This would happen when no position receives 50% support. This is an equally valid potential result. I'm avoiding presenting either the Phil's position or that of the board here as I'm hoping that any discussion around this is sparked from your own initial reactions. That's not to say that these are secret by any means either, just that I don't want to frame the discussion starting from either point of view. The vote will be open to all members and will run for 7 days. Please review the language below and present any clarifications you'd like for public discussion. The vote will be initiated once discussion seems to be abating. The planned phrasing of the ballot is: The GPG signing key is an important asset for OpenCSW. As a member of OpenCSW, you are asked to make three yes or no selections, one per board position, to indicate which, if any, of the board positions you feel should hold a copy of the key. Selecting yes for a position indicates that you feel this position (and consequently the person holding this position from year to year) should be responsible for holding a copy of the key. Selecting no indicates that you do not want this position to hold the key. Question 1: Should the Secretary position hold the key? yes/no Question 2: Should the Treasurer position hold the key? yes/no Question 3: Should the President position hold the key? yes/no Thanks -Ben -- Ben Walton Systems Programmer - CHASS University of Toronto C:416.407.5610 | W:416.978.4302 _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
