Excerpts from Eric Y. Kow's message of Fri Nov 21 14:11:36 +0100 2008: > Hi everybody, > > We are getting closer to signing the Software Freedom Conservancy > agreement (hereby attached). > > Before doing this, we will need to address the question of who is > representing darcs to the Conservancy, and how do we change this > representation should the need arise. This is potentially an > important decision because the Conservancy will be holding on to our > funds for us. > > The simplest option would be to go with one person (say me), but as > Trent and Stephen pointed out in the discussion, it would be prudent for > us to safeguard against this one person going insane, in short doing > something that meets and deserves violent opposition from the rest of > the community. So what I propose is a modest extension to this > approach: > > - one developer will represent darcs to the Conservancy > - this developer is chosen by an oversight committee and will > serve indefinitely > - the developer can be withdrawn and replaced at any time by > the oversight committee > > Does this principle work for everybody? > > Implications > ------------ > On the one hand, this could be limited only to our relationship with the > SFC. In practice, however, I believe this would be changing (and > formalising) our model for darcs governance that is from a Benevolent > Dictatorship to a Benevolent Dictatorship with an ejector seat. > > Details on the Oversight Committee > ---------------------------------- > I recommend it be kept fairly small (say 5 people) and that the > committee decide how to run themselves. Ideas: > > - have an odd number of people, and use simple majority voting > - refresh the committee every year by replacing a member > - have some representatives from the developer and the user > community > > I'm not sure what are the criteria for eligibility to join the > committee. One way to do it would be just to establish a committee by > consensus here, and them let them decide. I propose the following > members for Oversight Committee 0 should they accept the job: > > - David Roundy > - Jason Dagit > - Ian Lynagh > - Mark Stosberg > - Zooko > > What do you think of these details?
Seems all great to me! -- Nicolas Pouillard aka Ertai _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list darcs-users@darcs.net http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
