Brandorr wrote: > Is not one participant enough to start a user group? I know when we > started it was only two participants, but really only one was needed. > (Once the UG is formed, we got more just because it existed and we > were able to advertise it's existence. >
I actually wanted to have a minimum of five, to be honest. :) I think three is more than reasonable, but I'd accept two if people really wanted that change. However, I'm not at all willing to go to one. > Finally, I don't see any reason why people can't nominate themselves. > (We actually allowed this in the past, and for this last round of > nominations.) (They still would need the three approvals.) I just feel > it is kinda silly, because what you will end up having is people > saying "Please nominate me." > instead of "I nominate myself and I need three approvals". It's > effectively the same thing, no? > Nominate themselves for what? Core Contributor or Contributor? The Constitution (7.8) is clear about the Core Contributor in that he/she needs to be nominated by a Core Contributor, get the votes, etc. However, the Constitution says very little about Contributors, so I'm trying to find a balance here until the Constitution is updated. Earlier in the thread I had it that people could nominate themselves for Contributor and if they got no -1 votes they'd get in. That wasn't good. So, I put +1 voting back in for Contributors but set it to two +1 votes, whereas Core Contributors have to get three +1s. So, I'm cool with people nominating themselves for Contributor status /with the addition/ of +1 voting I added in this version of the document. So, under this scenario, if I nominate Participant John Smith to be a Contributor, he starts out with one +1 vote since I nominated him and he only needs one more +1 vote. If he nominates himself, he needs to find two +1votes because he has no nomination and the bar should be one tick higher. That seems like a good way to go for now. Keep in mind that the Constitution is not even clear on the notion of nominations counting as +1votes. I'm adding that since it just seems reasonable. So, shall I make these changes and publish this? Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris
