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Jim Walker wrote: > Jim Grisanzio wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > +1 > > 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 >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> advocacy-discuss mailing list >> advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss > -- 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/20080219/3d3e3b9e/attachment.html>
