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Simon Phipps wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>
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>> -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>> Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
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