Ghee Teo wrote: > Stephen Lau wrote: >> Brian Nitz wrote: >> >>> Ghee and I put together some draft opensolaris desktop contributor >>> guidelines. Please let us know what you think: >>> >>> >>> Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Open Solaris Constitution specify the >>> categories of participation in the OpenSolaris community as follows: >>> >>> *3.2. Participation.* Although anyone may view the development >>> discussions of the OpenSolaris Community and use the products of the >>> OpenSolaris Community in accordance with each product's associated >>> licenses, participation in development or decision-making within the >>> OpenSolaris Community is restricted to persons registered with the >>> OpenSolaris Community. Registration shall be available free of >>> charge to any person who has not been removed by previous action of >>> the Community or forbidden by applicable law or regulation. >>> >>> *3.3. Roles.* Various terms are used to describe the people who are >>> involved in the OpenSolaris Community efforts, based on their >>> recognized contributions, length of commitment, and current >>> activity. The OpenSolaris Community recognizes four levels of >>> involvement by registered persons: >>> >>> 1. *Participant.* Any registered person who participates in the >>> OpenSolaris Community, either through general discussion areas >>> or within one or more Community Group efforts, shall be termed >>> an OpenSolaris Participant. >>> 2. *Contributor.* A participant who has been acknowledged by one or >>> more Community Groups as having substantively contributed toward >>> accomplishing the tasks of that Community Group, or by the OGB >>> for at-large contributions, shall be termed an OpenSolaris >>> Contributor. Such designation is permanent and persists >>> regardless of the person's current level of activity or status >>> within the Community. A Contributor may request that their >>> status not be published or published only in the form of a >>> pseudonym that is unique within the Community. >>> 3. *Core Contributor.* A Contributor who is an active and sustained >>> contributor to any Community Group and accepts designation as >>> such by said Group shall be termed a Core Contributor for said >>> Group and granted the status of Member for the OpenSolaris >>> Community as a whole. >>> 4. *Emeritus Contributor.* A former Core Contributor whose prior >>> grants of Core Contributor status have all expired, or who has >>> voluntarily resigned from Core Contributor status by declining >>> all grants, is termed an Emeritus Contributor. Emeritus >>> Contributor is a designation of respect for Core Contributors >>> who have moved on to activities outside the OpenSolaris >>> Community or who are temporarily unable to perform the duties of >>> a Member. An Emeritus Contributor can return to Core Contributor >>> status by acquiring and accepting new designations of Core >>> Contributor status. >>> >>> >>> The detailed process for gaining OpenSolaris "contributor" or "core >>> contributor" status is not specified in the OpenSolaris >>> constitution. Individual projects and communities are free to >>> choose individual criteria for this. This proposed criteria for the >>> Desktop community makes the following assumptions: >>> >>> o The goal is to encourage as many people to become contributors as >>> possible >>> o The Desktop community recognizes that some contributions made to >>> other desktop-related opensource communities can improve the >>> OpenSolaris desktop. >>> o Only registered OpenSolaris users can be accepted as >>> contributor/core contributors >>> o An on-line application form is available >>> o Volunteers must be available to process the applications >>> >>> *Contributors* >>> >>> In order to become a recognized contributor to the desktop community: >>> >>> o You must be a registered user on the OpenSolaris website >>> >> I would amend that to reflect that people should not be suspended, >> since it's possible to be both registered and suspended. >> > Hmm, how is keeping the list of people who has been suspended? OGB? > I hope we don't even have to come up to this. The Tonic team and any other site admins are the only people able to see the list of suspended members. It's not something the Desktop community needs to worry about - but I think, for completeness, it should be mentioned.
>>> *7. Facilitator * >>> o Person who is familiar with technologies related to the Desktop >>> who initiates, >>> motivates, and accomplishes certain component to the >>> OpenSolaris Desktop. >>> The closest to a real job is Project/Programme Manager. >>> >> This one isn't clear to me... if it's the same as the Community Group >> Facilitator role that represents the CG to the OGB, then that's >> fine. If it's something else - then we should perhaps choose a >> different term to avoid overlap. >> > This is not the Community Group Facilitator but similar in functions > and intents. > Since we can have only one Community Group Facilitator but we can do > more than > one people who can achieve similar objectives within or among the desktop > communities. > You point about the overloading of the term is valid though. I think > we could drop > this group lest we come up with a better terms. Agreed. cheers, steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
