I'd move that we renew these two grants as a courtesy. On Feb 26, 2009, at 00:07, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
> Of these, it appears we are down to these people who have not yet > received any renewals or grants elsewhere, and would thus lose their > vote - but I've also not seen any requests from any of them to renew > their At-Large Grants: > > alhopper Al Hopper > ian Ian Collins > > (Not including Roy Fielding, who I believe asked not to be renewed.) > > -alan- > > Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> The grants database currently shows these Core Contributor grants >> from the OGB are expiring before the elections: >> >> alhopper Al Hopper Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> bochnig Martin Bochnig Expires: 2009-03-01 13:27:50 >> brushmor Bill Rushmore Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> fielding Roy T. Fielding Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> gdamore Garrett D'Amore Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> gisburn Roland Mainz Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> ian Ian Collins Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> jkeil J?rgen Keil Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> joerg J?rg Schilling Expires: 2009-03-02 15:13:52 >> mrym Masayuki Murayama Expires: 2009-03-09 11:48:55 >> swalker Shawn Walker Expires: 2009-02-24 15:30:16 >> webmink Simon Phipps Expires: 2009-02-24 00:32:45 >> >> Other than the OGB members themselves (automatically given grants by >> the constitution) I believe these have mostly been given when there >> was not an appropriate Community Group in place to recognize the >> contributions of these members. >> >> Since these were given, there have been communities formed and new >> grants given, so I don't believe we need to renew most of these, >> preferring to leave them up to the individual community groups. >> >> My initial individual recommendations (though since I don't know >> all of what everyone is done, I'd be glad to hear more information >> on these people & their contributions): >> >> - Al Hopper - while he continues to contribute to the community in >> several ways, most notably genunix, he doesn't seem to have any >> other grants. I'd like to suggest the Advocacy community consider >> his work, but would vote to renew his at-large grant if no community >> steps forward. >> >> - Martin Bochnig - has since been made a Core Contributor of the X >> Window System community. (I also expected to also see one >> from the Distros community, but do not see him in their list.) >> >> - Bill Rushmore - I believe his recent contributions would fall under >> the purview of the Website community, but don't see him in their >> contributor list. I would vote to renew his at-large grant if no >> community steps forward. >> >> - Roy T. Fielding - while we appreciate his past contributions, it's >> my understanding he no longer wishes to be involved with OpenSolaris >> governance. If he wants to participate again, I would vote to >> renew >> his grant. >> >> - Garrett D'Amore - has since been named a Core Contributor of ON, >> Laptop, >> and Drivers community groups, and was just nominated last night in >> the >> ARC community group - I think he's well enough covered. >> >> - Roland Mainz - has no other Core Contributor grants. I'd like >> to suggest >> the ON community consider one for his large contributions on ksh93 >> and the >> related AST libraries/commands, but would vote to renew his at- >> large grant >> if no community steps forward. >> >> - Ian Collins - has no other Core Contributor grants. Was >> recognized by >> the initial OGB for his contributions to discussion forums. I >> don't know >> of other contributions that would make him better fit any specific >> community group, so would vote to renew as an At-Large Core >> Contributor. >> >> - J?rgen Keil - has since been named a Core Contributor of Drivers, >> ON, and >> Power Management, so he's also well covered. >> >> - J?rg Schilling - has since been named a Core Contributor of >> Distributions, >> so doesn't need our grant renewed. >> >> - Masayuki Murayama - has since been named a Core Contributor of >> Drivers, >> so doesn't need our grant renewed. >> >> - Shawn Walker - has since been named a Core Contributor of >> Distribution >> (and I believe has been nominated for Install/Packaging), so >> doesn't need >> our grant renewed. >> >> - Simon Phipps - his OGB grant should be automatically extended >> until the end of >> the OGB term. He also has an Advocacy community grant, so I don't >> think we >> need to take any action here. >> > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss
