>> I think you need to decide on proposing a Community Group or a >> Project. If you want a space to do work, that's a Project and a >> Community Group could sponsor that Project. You'd just have to find >> the proper CG to engage. However, if you want an entirely new >> Community Group, you'd have to propose that to the OGB. The bar for >> new CGs is very high. But, in theory, once you have your new CG, you >> could create your own Projects related to that CG. > The Bar is not the issue here I think. But I am happy to get a simple > explanation like this one finaly :) Cause till now it was totaly non > understandable for me, especialy since user groups which de natur > are communities of people are listed as projects :)
It's confusing. You are right. Sorry about that. :) User groups are /projects/ from a website and governance perspective simply because we wanted each user group to have its own space on the site, and the use of projects was the best way to solve that problem. Yes, user groups are communities of people from a practical perspective, but from a site/governance perspective, they are projects sponsored by the Advocacy Community Group. >> >> >>> Sponsoring Communities >>> Desktop ? >>> Polish OpenSolaris UserGroup >>> >> >> User Groups are projects so they can't sponsor projects. > OK. Although its counterintuitive to call a UG project and not a > community True. But we have to work within the current structure of the site and the governance. In the future, I hope we can raise the profile of the UGs even more on the site or even create a new site for them. The user groups are very much communities within the meta OpenSolaris community. >> >> This leads me to believe you are really asking for a Community Group >> that would host a series of Projects. > You are correct. DOes that mean I have to use a completely different > form of presentation ? Need more supporters? Need to apply to OGB ? > Can you deconfuse the whole procedural path once and so understandable > that it gets to everyone even to me ? You need to go to the OGB if you want a new Community Group: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/governance/#ARTICLE_VII.__Community_Groups Also -- and this is important -- you should read the threads on ogb-discuss that talk about CG creation and some of the actual proposal threads. They can be quite long and detailed. Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris --
