+1 I think it makes a lot of sense. Terri
Jim Grisanzio wrote: > 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 > > -- Terri Molini Sun Microsystems, Inc. Global Communications, Open Source 408/404-4976 office 408/406-9021 mobile GAIM: tmolini It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. - Mark Twain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/advocacy-discuss/attachments/20080216/425e690a/attachment.html>
