Garrett D'Amore wrote: > FYI, > > I'll start the process to recognize Vincent Wang as a CC of the Device > Drivers group.
Looking at this, Vincent *does* have a CC grant for the Device Drivers community. Check it out here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/device_drivers/leaders/ I wish we had an easy way to see when CC grants were expiring.... -- Garrett > > -- Garret t > > John Plocher wrote: >> The At Large community has been consistently interpreted by the CAB >> and previous OGB terms as a safety net for people not recognized >> elsewhere, not as a stand-in for "everyone who is active in community >> governance". We could change that interpretation, but I would rather >> we did it via a formal OGB proposal, discussion and vote rather than >> simply as fiat by you as Chair. >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Michelle Olson >> <michelle.olson at sun.com> wrote: >> >>> There is no valid reason to prevent addition of Contributors to the OGB >>> simply because they have CC grants in another community. >>> >> >> I believe there is: >> >> The constitution requires that *every* Core Contributor play an active >> role in the governance of the community, even if they don't want to >> (which is why we spent so much time last year crafting the >> constitutional changes to let us have a self-selected Electorate >> community). Most of the contributors you mentioned were simply doing >> their job as CCs of their communities. These active community members >> are certainly not falling thru the cracks. >> >> You did note, I hope, the +1's I gave to the two people on your list >> who had not been recognized by their home communities: >> >> >>> I'd be happy to +1 a couple who aren't recognized elsewhere, but even >>> for them I have a few questions: >>> >>> >>>> Deirdre Straughan developer summit support >>>> >>> +1 (but why here and not Advocacy?) >>> >>> >>>> Vincent R Wang facilitation of Device Driver CG grants >>>> >>> +1 (but why here and not in Device Drivers?) >>> >> >> ... but even there, what is preventing them from being recognized >> elsewhere? >> >> >>> ... The important piece is to give recognition where it is due >>> >> >> Absolutely! Our disconnect is simply about how to show that >> recognition and appreciation. I believe that overloading the safety >> net At Large Contributor designation to mean "A Core Contributor who >> is doing exactly what we expect Core Contributors to do" is not >> appropriate or desirable. Lets talk about ways to better recognize >> the leaders of well functioning communities and people who play an >> active role in OS.o community governance in a future OGB meeting! >> >> >>> Instead you would -1 (unbelievable!) a positive recognition >>> >> >> Oops, here you are taking my words out of context. I intentionally >> prefixed my comments with >> >>> Without casting any aspersions on the excellent >>> work done by the rest of your list, they all seem >>> to be already taken care of by their home communities, >>> where the facilitation or other contributions alluded >>> to is part of their being leaders there. As I see their >>> activities being squarely within the scope of their >>> existing communities, -1 >>> >> >> Nowhere did I imply that they were not deserving of positive >> recognition or of praise; I was simply saying that you were using the >> wrong tool to do provide the recognition. Making them C's or CC's in >> the At Large community for doing things that are in the scope of their >> home communities IMO violates the "activities of the OpenSolaris >> Community that are not within the scope of any other Community Group" >> part of the definition of the At Large group. >> >> >>> my goals to actively reach out to people on the project >>> >> >> I fully support you in this goal. We are disagreeing about a possible >> implementation choice, not the problem statement. >> >> -John >> _______________________________________________ >> ogb-discuss mailing list >> ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss
