Alan Coopersmith wrote: > John Plocher wrote: >> There *is* no place to "ask the OpenSolaris Community" as a whole; in fact, >> the idea of doing so flies in the face of the constitution which goes to >> great lengths to delegate responsibility to individual community groups. > > You skipped right past Section 6.1 in the Constitution: > > The OGB shall serve as the official liaison between the > OpenSolaris Community and Sun Microsystems, Inc., and shall > represent the OpenSolaris Community to external organizations.
I didn't "miss" that section, I presumed it didn't apply, since the OGB has already chartered a Community Group to be responsible for that area, just as it has done for the ARCs. Just because the OGB is the liaison doesn't mean that it can't or shouldn't delegate. If I were to take 6.1 as absolute, with no room for delegation, then every single ARC case that was initiated by a SMI employee would need to go thru the OGB before it was addressed by the ARC community - clearly a poor interpretation of the clause. If y'all are saying that (certain?) SMI employees can't interact with the rest of the OS.o community without first going thru the OGB, then it would be good to clarify this ASAP. -John
