On 27/05/11 19:34, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected]> wrote: > ... >> I would be happy for this group to be accountable to the >> TB on technical matters, though I think this group should also be able to >> grant Ubuntu membership to contributors which is a function the CC >> delegates. > "Ubuntu Community membership"? Or "Ensemble Community membership"? > > I think I'd expect the latter, more than the former, from an Ensemble > Council. I think I see the Ensemble Community as being separate, with > perhaps some overlapping members, rather than being a proper sub- or > superset of the Ubuntu Community...
I quite specifically believe that Principia is as much a part of Ubuntu as, say, Ubuntu Translations or the Ubuntu Forums. Formulas are a distillation of devops expertise just like packages are a distillation of integration and coding experience, and they are tightly coupled to Ubuntu. So while I think they warrant dedicated domain-specific leadership and governance, I think that needs to take place under the umbrella of Ubuntu governance, and contributions there are contributions to Ubuntu. Hence Ubuntu membership for those who make substantial and sustained contributions. > Having never served on such a council myself, can you give some idea > as to what the approximate time commitments might be? I'd assume > maybe a couple of hours (4-8?) per month spent attending IRC meetings > and actively following a mailing list? Is that about right? Can you > detail the typical responsibilities of such councils a bit more, > perhaps? The Council would typically meet on IRC every two weeks, for about an hour each time. They would have a mailing list where folk can put questions to them for discussion and resolution. 4-8 hours per month is a good estimate of the time commitment needed, folk who serve on the TB or CC usually do this after hours FWIW. The Council serves a number of purposes: * it highlights a core group who can set policy for the whole work * it provides a forums for debate and discussion, with resolution (i.e. a decisive forum) * it recognises contributors and can confer Ubuntu membership as a result * it manages the permissions of contribution (i.e. who has commit to a branch in UDD, and who can upload to which package) In some cases, where needed, a Council can delegate responsibilities to achieve scale, as the TB has delegated to the DMB and the CC to the RMB's. Mark -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
