On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, Mark Martin wrote: > Peter Tribble wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:56 PM, John Plocher<john.plocher at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Peter Tribble<peter.tribble at gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Bucket 1 - those "communities" that have never had any core contributors >>>> >>>> Appliances > Chinese Users > Databases > Games >>>> HPC > Observability > SVM > UFS >>>> >>>> Bucket 2 - those that have no current core contributors >>>> >>>> Approachability > Printing > PowerPC (only has 1) >>>> >> ... >> >>> I'd suggest a formulaic email be sent to each targeted group, maybe >>> something like: >>> >>> According to the constitution, this community should be terminated due >>> to its not having at least 3 core contributors. The OGB can deal with >>> such groups by >>> A) Terminating them (see _website_doc_url_ for what this means) >>> B) Designating at least 3 new Core Contributors in order to >>> revitalize the community, or >>> C) Merge this group with another. >>> >>> The OGB is biased towards, and will choose "termination", unless the >>> community members themselves step up and make a case for one the other >>> options within the next 30 days. >>> >> >> A modification of the form of words: >> >> The foo community has less than the required minimum of 3 Core Contributors >> to govern its affairs and, according to the constitution, should be >> terminated. >> The OpenSolaris Governing Board can deal with the situation by: >> A) Terminating the community (see _website_doc_url_ for what this >> means) >> B) Designating at least 3 new Core Contributors in order to >> revitalize the community, or >> C) Merge this community with another (possibly as a project). >> >> Unless the community members themselves step up and make a case for one of >> the other options within the next 30 days, the OGB will recommend >> termination. >> >> > Small nit: to whom is the OGB recommending? Just where does the buck stop? > "recommend termination" -> "take appropriate steps to ... "
I believe that would be to the website team, who will take down the community and disable any email aliases. Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva/ @bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.
