Hi Jason - It basically means that the XXX community has given you a governance role. That role may be contributor or core contributor, but only core contributor can vote in the election (contributors are more of just a recognition, and may have certain voting powers w/in a community).
Does that help? Valerie On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Jason King wrote: > What is the meaning of the 'XXX electorate' (for example 'Tools > Electorate' and 'ON Electorate')? As far as I was aware, there was > one 'electorate' (those who can vote in Opensolaris matters). Or more > specifically, is there a page that maps the 'old' terms for a > community (Affiliate, Contributor, Core Contributor) to the terms used > by the new auth system (so that I'm sure I'm reading the information > correctly)? > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison at sun.com> > wrote: >> Please note, our auditing has identified that your collective relationships >> have a high probability of being at least partly incorrect. ?Please check >> them carefully, as per the instructions in the attached mail. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Alan Burlison >> -- >> >> It has become apparent that some of the collective relationship data in >> http://auth.opensolaris.org is incorrect. ?This affects not just the >> Electorate data which will be used for the forthcoming election, but >> also Community Groups, and possibly Projects and User Groups as well. >> We are therefore asking people to check their collective relationships >> in Auth and notify of us of any discrepancies. ?These errors may occur >> in historic data as well as your current relationships, so it is >> important you check both. >> >> If you find anything you think is incorrect, please send email to >> ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org with the subject "ELECTORATE ASSIGNMENTS" >> describing the incorrect data and including details of what you think >> the correct version should be. >> >> To make this process easier, we've brought forward the deployment of the >> new version of http://auth.opensolaris.org from Monday to today, as it >> includes extra functionality that makes it easier to view your >> relationship history. >> >> To check your relationship history, follow these steps: >> >> 1. Log in to http://auth.opensolaris.org >> >> 2. Click on the "Edit your account" link >> >> 3. Click on "Collectives" in the left-hand menu. >> >> 4. Click on the "Show your relationship history" link at the bottom of >> the first table on the page. >> >> This will pop up a window showing the whole of your relationship >> history, please check it is correct. >> >> Note that if a record has no end date it merely means that the >> relationship is of indefinite length. ?Core Contributor relationships >> are usually for a 2 year term, so they should have an end date. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Alan Burlison >> -- >> _______________________________________________ >> website-discuss mailing list >> website-discuss at opensolaris.org >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss > Valerie -- Sponsor me in the Breathe Easy Ride - 100 miles - June 26! Money raised goes to the American Lung Association: http://action.lungusa.org/goto/valerie
