I propose that both Jim's proposal and "my" counter proposal be
formally discussed and voted upon at next week's OGB meeting.
Motion: That the Board consider the two proposals re:
facilitator/secretary/auth interactions and vote on the following:
The OpenSolaris Community Contributor/CoreContributor promotion
process shall be modified as described in
A) Jim's proposal [potentially as modified during the discussion...]
B) John's proposal [potentially as modified during the discussion...]
C) Neither (i.e., keep the current status quo)
Furthermore, the Auth web app and associated infrastructure being
developed shall support whichever process is decided upon here.
I'll let Jim reiterate his proposal for the record, and I will send
out mine under separate cover.
-John
For the record, this is what the constitution says about this topic
(I added this to
http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_Electorate_Membership_Process
as well):
4.2. Admission of Members.
The initial set of Members ... Thereafter, persons shall be
admitted as Members of the OpenSolaris Community upon accepting the
designation of Core Contributor for one or more OpenSolaris Groups and
receipt by the Secretary of their willingness to accept the status of
Member.
and
7.7. Contributors.
The Contributors of a Community Group shall include every person
who has been designated by the Core Contributors of that Group to have
contributed substantively to that Group's efforts, including (but not
limited to) every person who has contributed intellectual property to
the OpenSolaris Community as a result of those efforts.
and
7.8. Core Contributors.
The initial ... thereafter, the Core Contributors shall consist of
those Participants that have accepted the Group's designation as a
Core Contributor for that Group. Designation as a Core Contributor
requires nomination of a Participant by an existing Core Contributor,
followed by a Group decision by consensus vote to approve that
designation, and finally acceptance of the designation by the
Participant.
The process currently in use that implements these constitutional
requirements is (to the best of my knowledge):
1) Core Contributors in a Community Group
A new (core) contributor in a collective is identified. The
community's voting process starts when an existing core contributor in
the community identifies a potential new [C/CC] for that community and
suggests a vote be taken. The community votes on the nomination using
whatever voting mechanism is appropriate. Assuming that the vote is
positive...
2) The facilitator in that collective
Sends email to ogb-discuss to alert the OGB that a successful vote
for new C/CCs has occurred.
3) The OGB Secretary
Checks that a valid vote has taken place in the community and
makes sure that any new CCs have shown their willingness to accept the
status of Member (aka OGB 2009/007). The Secretary puts the new names
into poll/Auth.
4) Automatic
The Auth application and the official poll database show this
person as a new C/CC.
