I received the following comment from a group of community members: Begin forwarded message:
>> My team read through the constitution together and had the >> following comments: >> >> 1.2 Roles >> >> It is not clear how Leaders are "bootstrapped". Leaders appoint >> other leaders but who appoints the initial leaders. >> >> 1.3 Group Management Processes >> >> The constitution says that the process for assigning roles is based >> upon >> a meritocracy but there is no specific mechanism to guarantee his. >> Based on our reading it seems that leaders appoint other leaders. >> The general group members may not accept that leader. >> >> We did not that there is the clause that allows sanctions including >> exclusion to be applied to community members. >> >> 2. Community Elections >> >> We noted that there is no mention of an appeals or recount process >> or any other recourse if an election is disputed. >> >> 2.1.2 Quorum >> >> There was some question about the working of the sentence: >> >> "Quorum for an Election shall be met by one-third of the total >> Electorate Group members participating in the election." >> >> while it was generally understood, it is felt that it could be >> worded more >> clearly, e.g.: >> >> "Quorum for an Election shall be met by the participation in the >> election of one-third of the total Electorate Group members" >> >> 3.3 Candidates >> >> We weren't too sure on this one but we had a question about whether >> it would be possible to bias an election. An individual could >> nominate themselves and then nominate other candidates who would >> become voting members. Those other members could then vote for the >> original candidate. >> >> >> 3.4 Removal from office and Vacancies >> >> What is meant by "Signing" in terms of gaining 10% of of the >> Electorate membership to sign a petition. Is a written signature >> required? >> >> >> Finally, there were some typos found: >> >> 1.2 Roles >> >> A Contributor: ... with the goals of a that group ... >> >> should read >> >> A Contributor: ... with the goals of that group ... >> >> >> 1.4 Electorate Group >> >> >> The Electorate Group ... who have substantially and >> verifiability ... >> >> should read >> >> The Electorate Group ... who have substantially and verifiably ... >> >> 3.1 Duties >> >> Board members help ... and doing as much possible ... >> >> should read >> >> Board members help ... and doing as much as possible ... > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/attachments/20090225/04f27afe/attachment.html>
