OpenSolaris Community Members,
Last year, the OGB presented a proposed new constitution for
approval that attempted to address some of the shortcomings
identified in the existing one. Due to a combination of participation,
quorum and content issues, the proposal didn't get approved.
The OGB started with the version presented at last year's election,
incorporated most of the feedback received during and after the
election cycle, and is working on finalizing an updated version well
before the deadlines for next year's election cycle. Some of the
concerns that have been addressed from that last version:
* There should no longer be any disconnects between the Charter
and this proposal, and thus no need to touch the Charter.
* It reiterates our commitment to open source: "All software produced by the
OpenSolaris Community shall be licensed to the public free of charge
under one or more open source licenses approved by the Open Source
Initiative. "
* The responsibilities expected from each community role are enumerated.
* The triggers for Board dissolution (and the consequences
thereof) were clarified
(Please see http://wiki.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OGB_2009/009_ReleaseNotes
for a complete list of changes)
We are using co-ment.net's group document review site to review and
update the working draft. Please check out and give us your comments
on
http://www.co-ment.net/text/1506/
Thank you!
Michelle, Peter, Simon, John, Valerie, John, Jim
2009-2010 OGB
[Sent to ogb-discuss, Bcc'd to core-contrib-discuss and opensolaris-announce]
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