Hi Ewa, Do You like me? 😋 Thanks, Volodymyr On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:00 PM, <psf-community-requ...@python.org> wrote:
> Send PSF-Community mailing list submissions to > psf-community@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > psf-community-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > psf-community-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of PSF-Community digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group > (Ewa Jodlowska) > 2. Re: PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group > (M.-A. Lemburg) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:16:17 -0500 > From: Ewa Jodlowska <e...@python.org> > To: PSF Community <psf-community@python.org>, psf-v...@python.org > Cc: psf-fel...@python.org > Subject: [PSF-Community] PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow > Working Group > Message-ID: > <CADx+GQNmj4apwg5RDuJ-hnQTa9_8ba9RK-ym7YAjV+EpqQDsoA@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear members, > > We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF Fellow > members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can only come > from a current fellow or from a designated work group. Furthermore, it is > required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the eligible voters. To make > this a more inclusive process and to make it a labor-saving process, the > board would like to propose the following changes to the bylaws ( > https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/): > > 1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: > - To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be > nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the corporation > or a specially chartered Working Group, which nomination should be > based > upon certain criteria to be established by the Board of > Directors and which > criteria shall be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions. > 2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: > - Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group > voting members shall be required in order for a member to become > a Fellow. > - *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of two-thirds > (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be required in order for > a > member to become a Fellow. > > We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before we > send them to the Bylaws Working Group. > ________________________________ > > We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working > Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies > (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the > group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board: > > - Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board of > directors who want to have oversight or a member who is interested in > the > process but does not want to commit to voting). To promote a diverse > membership, the Working Group will aim to pick membership by > first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from one geographic > region > (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern Europe, European Union, > Middle > East, North America, Oceania, South America, The Caribbean). > - All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members > - 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow > nomination > - Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting > members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt out of > the working group. > - Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will be > asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member. > > If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working > Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself, Naomi > Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together work on a > charter. > > Best wishes, > > Ewa Jodlowska > Python Software Foundation > Director of Operations > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/psf-community/ > attachments/20161104/41f712ea/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:10:52 +0100 > From: "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@python.org> > To: Ewa Jodlowska <e...@python.org>, PSF Community > <psf-community@python.org>, psf-v...@python.org > Cc: psf-fel...@python.org > Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow > Working Group > Message-ID: <581ca4fc.7010...@python.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Thank you for driving this, Ewa. > > While you are making changes to the bylaws regarding Fellows, > please also consider that we reintroduce the possibility of > Fellows to convert from emeritus status back to Fellow status > without having to go through the whole process again, as we > had in the V1 bylaws (section 4.8 - see > http://legacy.python.org/psf/bylaws/). > > Thanks. > > On 04.11.2016 15:16, Ewa Jodlowska wrote: > > Dear members, > > > > We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF > > Fellow members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can > > only come from a current fellow or from a designated work group. > > Furthermore, it is required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the > > eligible voters. To make this a more inclusive process and to make it a > > labor-saving process, the board would like to propose the following > > changes to the bylaws (https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/): > > > > 1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: > > * To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be > > nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the > > corporation or a specially chartered Working Group, which > > nomination should be based upon certain criteria to be > > established by the Board of Directors and which criteria shall > > be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions. > > 2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read: > > * Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group > > voting members shall be required in order for a member to become > > a Fellow. > > * *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of > > two-thirds (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be > > required in order for a member to become a Fellow. > > > > We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before > > we send them to the Bylaws Working Group. > > ________________________________ > > > > We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working > > Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies > > (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the > > group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board: > > > > * Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board > > of directors who want to have oversight or a member who is > > interested in the process but does not want to commit to voting). To > > promote a diverse membership, the Working Group will aim to pick > > membership by first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from > > one geographic region (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern > > Europe, European Union, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South > > America, The Caribbean). > > * All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members > > * 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow > > nomination > > * Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting > > members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt > > out of the working group. > > * Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will > > be asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member. > > > > If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working > > Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself, > > Naomi Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together > > work on a charter. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Ewa Jodlowska > > Python Software Foundation > > Director of Operations > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PSF-Community mailing list > > PSF-Community@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > > > > -- > Marc-Andre Lemburg > Python Software Foundation > http://www.python.org/psf/ > http://www.malemburg.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > PSF-Community@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > > > ------------------------------ > > End of PSF-Community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2 > ******************************************** >
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