On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Derek Cicero wrote:

> Valerie Bubb Fenwick wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Alan Burlison wrote:
>> 
>>> Jim Walker wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Can you list the current roles and rights mapping and
>>>> the planned roles and rights mapping had the new
>>>> constitution been approved. I would like to see
>>>> where we want to be.
>>> 
>>> The current mapping is documented here: 
>>> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/web/transition-data-migration/
>>> 
>>> I'll see if we can get the one for the new constitution put somewhere as 
>>> well.
>> 
>> I'm sad tos ee the Emeritus Role as an explicit role go away. The original
>> constitution intended this as a form of respect to show appreciation for
>> someone's past efforts. Now it seems it will simply display as 'expired'.
>
> It's not really going away. The Emeritus Role applies to any ex-CC. The 
> database stores expired CC grants, so having it show that at some point in 
> the future is not a problem.  I am not sure than needs to be displayed within 
> Auth, but there is no technical reason it couldn't be.
>
> For the record, poll shows 7 EC's but any expired-CC grant, of which there 
> are several on poll, should be listed as an EC at this point, so poll is a 
> bit misleading in that regard.

Got it. Thank you for the explaination.

>> Note: in the current constitution, someone can resign from being a core
>> contributor and therefor move into the realm of Contributor Emeritus.
>> 
>> How is this handled in the new Auth App?
>
> There is one role per person, per collective. You can become a CC without 
> being a C first, so an expiring grant for a CC in that case makes you an EC, 
> as described above. The Constitution is not clear if you should revert to a 
> C. A case where you are a C, then a CC, then have your grant expire may 
> result in you reverting back to a C, but I need to verify that.

I think you misunderstood the case I was talking about - and that's
resigning (vs expiration) of a CC grant. Is there a way to do
that in the new auth app?

Valerie
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