+1 from me too for Eric and Andrew Parker Grimes Southern Utah University
On 7/28/07, John Fereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 04:50 AM 7/28/2007, Andrew Petro wrote: > >Jonathan, thank you for bringing this nomination and selection task > >to the attention of the uPortal developers. > > > > > I would appreciate one of you picking up the ball and taking the next > step. > > > >uPortal committers: > >I see this going one of two directions, either fine. One is that, > >Apache-style, we arrive at happy consensus as to whom the two > >uPortal-developer-selected steering committee members will be. I > >see that Cris Holdorph and Drew Wills have already spoken up along > >these lines. Additional momentum could result in a feeling of consensus. > >Enough +1s and no objections to Cris's proposal, and we've had our > >vote. It's not totally implausible that this approach could work > >for a small community such as ours. And I think Eric Dalquist would > >make a particularly excellent steering committee representative. > > +1 for Eric and Andrew from me too. > > > > > > >Another direction we may need to go here is a more formal process of > >nominations and voting. In order to go that route we'd need to > >bootstrap some rules. > > > > > >Here's what I propose as a framework for voting: > > > >1) uPortal committers may post nominations to this uportal-dev@ > >list, with the same deadline for nominations as that for the > >stakeholder nominations. That is, nominations must be posted to the > >list by 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) on Wednesday, August 15, 2007. > >2) We then vote, on the uportal-dev@ list, with each committer > >invited to cast one vote for each open position (that is, in the > >present case, two votes). Voting closes on Tuesday, September 4, > >2007 (to comport with "results announced soon after Wednesday, > >September 5, 2007"). > >3) The top two vote recipients as of the election deadline are > >recognized as the uPortal developer representatives to the steering > committee. > >4) The uportal committers look to the JA-SIG Elections Committee to > >moderate this process, decide any election issues that may arise. > > > >I would look to the steering committee itself once instituted to > >establish some procedures around future elections, handling future > >committee vacancies, etc. > > > > > >So, two questions: > >1) Is there interest in pursuing Cris's nomination of myself and > >Eric Dalquist to be the uPortal developer representatives to the > >uPortal project steering committee, such that a more formal vote is > >not necessary? +1s and/or objections to that approach would be > >helpful. If anyone has the objection "I'd prefer we have a more > >formal vote than look for less formal consensus", I think that's > >worth hearing and would be a good reason to go the more formal vote > route. > > +1 for the informal vote, at least for this election. Of course, if > we start to get lots of nominations for other people that would > complicate things. If that happens, I suggest we use the formal > model that you've described. In other words, amend the formal vote > process such that if at the end of the nomination process there are > only as many people nominated for which there are vacancies, and the > nominees have not received a -1, a formal vote is not necessary. > > > > >2) If a more formal vote is necessary, are the above rules supported > >by the participants? Are they sufficient? Discussion towards > >consensus on the rules here may be helpful. > > > >Andrew > > > >Jonathan Markow wrote: > >>Yesterday the JA-SIG Election Committee distributed a Call for > >>Nominations announcing the start of an election cycle for two board > >>director positions and three uPortal Project Steering Committee > >>stakeholder positions. Information about the steering committee, > >>the elections, and other governance-related items can be found at > >>http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/JA-SIG+Governance. > >> > >>The steering committee model calls for two developers, to be > >>selected by the group of current committers, to serve on the > >>committee. This selection isn't governed by a board-defined > >>election process. It's left up to you to determine how to best > >>choose the two developer representatives. > >> > >>The formal election process for directors and stakeholders will > >>take approximately six weeks, starting with yesterday's > >>announcement. I'd like to encourage you folks to begin your own > >>process now so that the developer representatives can be announced > >>concurrently with the stakeholders and board rep. At that point we > >>should be ready to go with a first steering committee meeting > >>(which likely will be via telephone). I will also participate in > >>an ex officio capacity as Acting JA-SIG Executive Director. > >> > >>The wiki documentation about the uPortal Project Steering Committee > >>is fairly skeletal and that's intentional. This is our first > >>experience with a governing committee of this type, and, while we > >>have planned and vetted the concept for a number of months, we all > >>are nevertheless going to be experiencing it for the first > >>time. Our expectation is that it will need some tweaking along the > >>way, and we regard it as a work-in-progress to be refined as we > >>collectively figure out what works and what doesn't. > >> > >>I would appreciate one of you picking up the ball and taking the > >>next step. I'll make myself available to answer any questions > >>either by email or by conference call, and I know the rest of the > >>board will extend the same offer. > >>Best of luck with your selection process. We're looking forward to > >>bringing it all together. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>Jonathan > >>-- > >>You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > >>http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev > > > > > >-- > >You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > >http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev > > John Fereira > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ithaca, NY > > > -- > You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev > -- You are currently subscribed to [email protected] as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev
