On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, Peter Tribble wrote: > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Jim Grisanzio<Jim.Grisanzio at sun.com> > wrote: >> When Community Groups renew their Core Contributor grants, does the OGB >> expect that the CGs vote and that there be a record of that vote? Or do the >> Facilitators simply check that the request is coming from a previous CC and >> send it to the OGB for recording/updating? I can`t find where this process >> is specified. > > I'm not sure this is written down anywhere, so I believe this to be > unspecified. > Advocacy is somewhat unique in having its own actual procedures for this, so > if you don't know, then nobody will. > > However, most of the CC renewals I saw in the run-up to the most recent > election > did take the form of a proper vote, if that helps in establishing > precedent. I don't > think that simply requesting renewal and having it go through without > any oversight > isn't a good thing. > > I've created a suggestion for OGB 2008/009, which says basically: > > Procedures for renewal of Contributor and Core Contributor grants > should be the same as for the initial grant. In particular, a vote > under the same terms as the initial grant should still take place. > > I don't want to overburden the machinery, but I think due process > needs to be followed. > It ought to be easy, as the renewal victim has already qualified once, > so getting the > votes shouldn't be an issue.
This seems reasonable to me. Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva/ @bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
