Alan Coopersmith writes: > Alan Burlison wrote: > > In fact I can > > see no real reason for the OGB being mentioned in the document at all. > > The only part it seems to play is the announcement of the Project, > > something that could just as easily be performed by either the CG or the > > new Project itself. > > The OGB's role is limited to acting on the request of the community to set > up the project resources and announce that it has done so. Both of those > have been delegated, as noted in section 3 of that document, to Eric > Boutilier. The OGB only gets involved now when something goes wrong.
AltAlan's point -- and I agree with it -- is that it's quite apparent that many people reading that document haven't the foggiest what that text actually means. To them, it looks like the OGB "approves" projects, and that's why we keep getting those plaintive and misdirected email messages to approve the FooBar Project. I agree with making this document clearer. It should explicitly say that the OGB itself doesn't approve projects, and that you (the project proposer) need to find and talk to the appropriate community group (or groups ...), and then get that group's facilitator to talk to Eric. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
