Alan Coopersmith wrote: > Projects don't necessarily have to be associated with a consolidation, > especially ones in the experiment and refine stages, that aren't ready > to deliver. They don't have to have a governance/hierarchical relationship > with an existing consolidation - but to get set up, they have to convince > someone they should be created - that could be a SIG, another Project, or > the OGB, though we'd prefer most projects not come to the OGB, and would > try to refer most to a more appropriate group to get started under.
One option is to do the equivalent of ARC fast tracks for project establishment - have a mailing list that people post a description of their proposed project to, and if nobody objects within 1/2 weeks, the proposed project is automatically approved. If there are no constitutional consequences of project creation (e.g. no voting implications), we can make the project initiation process more lightweight. The same principles could also in be applied to the creation of Communities and User Groups if they too also had no constitutional impact, although that would need a bit more thought and discussion. -- Alan Burlison --
