To Mike, although it was an accident that I posted the original mail onto the -devel list, it wasn't a beneficial mistake as it was actually more productive than just posting it to the -board. If I hadn't been tired when posting I would've CCed it to the board, to ensure that any board members would be involved. Don't mistake our reluctance to rush in on a new election process without thinking it through as some sort of power grab. The current active board members (me, Bruce, and Sander) are still very interested in the project but we're too busy to contribute *code* to the project. That doesn't mean we aren't able and willing to discuss issues related to it, it just means we can't lay down code right now.
The original intent of the provisional board was to act as a decision making and conflict resolution body for the community and to work towards setting up a sustainable governance community process which we can use to keep the gears of the project turning. We have so far not gotten far towards this second goal, which is why I would recommend that in lieu of doing a full on replace (where in all likelihood the current board members would end up back on the board anyway due to lack of candidates---we are three, plus from what I see maybe 2 or 3 others who would like a seat?), it would make more sense to bring the new devs into the board and start working out this new permanent system. > I think Mike's (aka Grover) call for an election is a step in the right > direction. No election is perfect nor solves all problems. I hope we don't > start an endless debate about it. I do hope that one or two existing board > members will continue to be on the board to provide consistency. I would tend to agree, but some measure of debate, work, and time is necessary to end up with a usable and sustainable system. > I nominate Mike. I think Mike is being humble and trying to be neutral > with his statement above. Mike has shown strong leadership by being active > in this community and has demonostrated a deep technical understand of > compiler technology. I strongly encourage him to accept the nomination and > volunteer for a position on the board. We can certainly bring Mike in on the board as he seems to be a very active force in getting things accomplished around here. I will post an extra email to call for any other board membership requests and we will vote on them. By vote, I mean we will approve (most likely) as the board has always been quite benevolent in these matters, especially with developers who have been around for quite awhile (such as Mike and others). Once we've got a solidified board we can begin the debate and drafting of the necessary proposals to create a good governance/election system and community process. -- fury long name: William Lahti handle :: fury freenode :: xfury blog :: http://xfurious.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ SharpOS-Developers mailing list SharpOS-Developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sharpos-developers
