Sara Dornsife wrote:
> Rich Teer wrote:
>> The committee is to be made up of 2 OGB members plus 3 others,
>> with no more than 2 Sun employees. We already have 2 Sun
>> employees, so the 2 people we're looking for must be employed
>> by another organisation. (This requirement is to head off
>> accusations of manipulation by Sun because they are represented
>> by the majority of the committee before they can happen!.)
>>
>
> I was going to volunteer as a community member and as a marketing
> professional. I feel I could add value to a committee that is reviewing
> web content (if that is in fact the intent of this committee as I believe).
>
> I don't think it is appropriate to put employment restrictions on this
> or any committee - in the same way that it would not be appropriate for
> a committee to be formed that requires Sun employment.
Unfortunately, it's been almost 3 months since the meeting this occurred
at, so I can't claim to remember it perfectly, and haven't gone back to
listen to the recording, but the official minutes don't include any
employment restrictions:
Wesolowski asked for a motion to amend the current motion, with a
committee formed of 5 persons, 2 of who are to be OGB members, 3
non-OGB members and all 5 to be appointed by the OGB chair. He
added that this committee would be formed to approve editorial
changes to the content and commentary of the site, but explicitly
exclude infrastructure and the underpinnings of the website application.
The OGB chair was granted the power to choose the members, so if he choses
to appoint only two Sun-employed members, that's within the bounds set.
--
-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
