I'm going to go ahead and finalize this for our new policy. You guys cool with that? We can always evolve it as need be ...
Jim Jim Grisanzio wrote: > I'd like to add one more thing. I think we should make clear that both > Core Contributors /and/ Contributors need to accept their grants on > list. So, if I nominate John Smith for Contributor and Joe Ryan adds a > +1 I think John Smith should respond with a "thanks, I accept the grant" > note so we all know that John actually wants it. Again, the Constitution > is clear for Core Contributors about this but is silent on Contributors > accepting their grant. > > Jim > > > 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 >>
