On Jan 22, 2008 12:26 AM, Ben Rockwood <benr at cuddletech.com> wrote: > Proposal looks good to me. To recap, > > * Proposal submitted via URL (read/write form) 1/15/08 > * Proposal submitted on list (read only form) 1/16/08 > * Proposal redefined based on comments 1/20/08
Yes, that is correct. > Unless there are objects from other board members I'll figure that the > 14 day public comment period, in accordance with Section 7.4 of the > Constitution, commenced on the 1/16/08 submission in non-editable form > to the OGB-Discuss list. That would put this proposal on the agenda for > the OGB Con-Call on 01/30/08. > > The proposal currently fulfills all requirements stipulated by Section > 7.4. In its current form I'd be honored to sponsor the motion. Thank you Mr. Rockwood, for your kind offer. I would be honoured as well to have you sponsor this motion. > For on lookers, the only portion of his submission that is relevant to > this board is the actual "Proposal" section. His rationale gives some > insight into where this might go long term but that is up to the Core > Contribs that make up the CG should it be approved. Therefore, > discussion about development process is irrelevant to this motion > proceeding. Based on the comments so far, I have removed the "Initial Projects" section completely to ensure there is no confusion surrounding what is being proposed. As Mr. Rockwood noted, this section did not affect what is actually being proposed. I have also added Erast Benson to the proposed Core Contributors list. No other changes have been made. I have updated the blog post correspondingly to reflect these changes: http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/2008/01/motion-to-board-proposed-community.html The updated version in a read-only form follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary ========== The OpenSolaris community needs a new Community Group to facilitate collaboration, design, and development of OpenSolaris-based distributions. Because of new tools that are already available to the community, but are rapidly reaching maturity, it is probable that there will be a large number of community-based distributions being created soon. In addition, the current set of Community Groups available to sponsor projects are not properly scoped or otherwise suitable for the nature and goals of distribution projects. As such, the creation of a new Community Group is needed. Scope ========== The proposed Distribution Community Group shall be the group to which the OGB delegates responsibility for encouraging the sustained growth and success of OpenSolaris-based distribution projects. Distributions that have previously been sponsored by another Community Group may remain with that group. However, it is hoped that all such projects will approach the contributors of this new community to seek reassignment (sponsorship), or that if necessary, they be reassigned. The Distribution Community Group should be the central place for discussions and decisions regarding OpenSolaris-based distributions and their impact upon the OpenSolaris community. To support this, it is proposed that the OGB will allow the group to act as the initial arbiter in dispute resolution amongst distributions and related projects. Some examples of dispute resolution might include: acting as an arbiter between distribution project leaders when disagreement between them arises, ensuring that any relevant policies and guidelines established by the constitution or authorised governing body are followed, and encouraging reconciliation when there are disputes. The Distribution Community Group will actively work to ensure that there is a healthy relationship between its sponsored projects and the rest of the community. It will accomplish this by doing things such as: ensuring that feedback from the group's sponsored projects is provided to the related Community Groups and projects, encouraging the further development and creation of tools related to the development of distribution projects, and ensuring that projects coordinate their releases with related Community Groups (such as the Advocacy Community Group). The Distribution Community Group will also work to establish unified processes and resources to assist distribution projects in contributing to the sustained growth and success of our community. The usage of a common set of resources will help keep our community's efforts from becoming fragmented. Promoting the use of these unified resources and processes (such as a reference technology platform) will allow individuals to be free to innovate in many areas of OpenSolaris technology instead of reinventing the basic tools and processes that every distribution project needs to operate. Rationale ========== There are many reasons a Distribution Community Group is needed. One of them is that past events have shown that none of the existing community groups are wholly suitable for the community-wide impact that distributions can have within the OpenSolaris community. In addition, none of the existing Community Groups are properly scoped for the kind of decisions that need to made to by a knowledgeable, focused group of individuals whose primary interest relates to the production of distributions. Finally, the tools necessary to build a distribution are quickly reaching maturity, and the Community Group will encourage individuals creating or maintaining distributions to participate directly in the OpenSolaris community to avoid some of the past problems that have arisen. Proposal ========== The core of this proposal is to: * Create a Distribution Community Group * That existing distribution projects be encouraged to seek re-sponsorship or be reassigned to to this new community * That the following individuals be considered for the initial set of core contributors with their acceptance: o Shawn Walker (id: swalker) (proposed facilitator) o Ken Mays (id: kmays) o Erast Benson (id: erast) o Eric Boutilier (id: ericb) o Danek Duvall (id: dduvall) o Dennis Clarke (id: dclarke) o David Comay (id: comay) o Sara Dornsife (id: sarad) o Glynn Foster (id: gman) o Moinak Ghosh (id: moinakg) o Stephen Hahn (id: sch) o Dave Miner (id: dminer) o Ian Murdock (id: imurdock) o John Plocher (id: plocher) o Joerg Schilling (id: joerg) o Bart Smaalders (id: barts) I would ask the OGB consider this proposal two weeks from January 16th, 2008. Thank you for your attention to this matter. [Proposal Version 4 - Updated Jan 21st, 2008 09:35pm CDT] -- Shawn Walker
