John Plocher wrote: > Jim Grisanzio wrote: > >> John ... I pulled together Alan's and your comments into a fresh roles >> proposal based on my original mail earlier this week. Can we consider >> this to start so Alan and his team can move on the infrastructure work? >> > > > OK, but see comment below. > > >> Constitutional Term Changes: >> >> * Group replaces Community Group to describe all collectives. >> * Groups are Communities, Projects, and User Groups. >> > > This flattens things more than the board's consensus on 7/7. >
I don't think we had consensus. I think we had misunderstanding. :) Or perhaps the confusion was just on my part. >> * Core Contributor is removed. >> >> >> Community: Social groups gathered around an issue or technology. >> >> * Participant: Someone who participates in the activities of the >> Community. >> * Contributor: A Participant who has been acknowledged by the >> Community as having substantively contributed towards >> accomplishing the goals of that Community. >> * Leader: A Contributor elected by a Community to lead a Community. >> * OGB Facilitator: A Contributor who acts as the interface between a >> Community and the OGB. >> >> All roles except Participant have edit rights to web pages in >> their Community. >> >> >> Project: Development groups gathered around repositories and integration >> tools. >> >> * Participant: Someone who participates in the activities of a Project. >> * Committer: A Participant who has been acknowledged by the Project >> as having substantively contributed towards accomplishing the >> goals of that Project and who has commit rights to any code >> repositories owned by the Project. >> > > Why Committer rather than Contributer? Just a commonly understood term to describe someone who puts back code. That came from Alan, but I agree with the use of the term. > From a Governance perspective, > whether or not someone should be a committer is an operational decision; > Agree. > whether or not they have contributed or not is governance. > Only if that committer wants to be a Member. Other than that, I think it's a Project decision about who gets the rights to put back. >> * Leader: A Committer elected by a Project to lead a Project. >> * OGB Facilitator: A Committer who acts as the interface between a >> Project and the OGB. >> >> All roles except Participant have edit rights to web pages in >> their Project. >> >> >> User Group: Groups of users gathered around issues or technologies in a >> specific geography. >> >> * Participant: Someone who participates in the activities of a User >> Group. >> * Coordinator: A participant who leads and coordinates the >> activities of a User Group. >> > > Why not Contributer here as well? > I don't find the term common in user groups. Coordinator is more descriptive in this context. Jim -- http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris/
