Thanks for the review! Diff comments:
> diff --git a/docs/policy/dmb-selection-process.md > b/docs/policy/dmb-selection-process.md > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..134806c > --- /dev/null > +++ b/docs/policy/dmb-selection-process.md > @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ > +# DMB Selection Process > + > +The Developer Membership Board is responsible for reviewing and > +approving new Ubuntu developers. > + > +The Developer Membership Board comprises seven seats. Seats are > +appointed by the Technical Board asynchronously as required. > + > +When the DMB needs members, the TB will ask for suitably qualified > +volunteers to apply privately. > + > +Volunteers must be Ubuntu Core Developers or MOTU[^1], and should be well > +qualified to evaluate prospective Ubuntu developers and decide when to > +entrust them with developer privileges or to grant them Ubuntu > +membership status. > + > +Volunteers must expect to be able to attend the majority of DMB > +meetings. Currently these take place on IRC, are scheduled on alternate > +Mondays with each meeting alternating between 1600 UTC and 1900 UTC, and > +last around an hour. Meeting times can be negotiated and adjusted by > +board members as needed. > + > +The TB reserves their option to exclude particular volunteers Apparently British English allows it but US English doesn't. It's a can of worms, if you'd like to read more :-) http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001874.html But it's apparently acceptable, so I'll leave it as is. > +(privately), but this should only happen under exceptional > +circumstances. > + > +The TB announces new appointments which can therefore happen at any > +time. > + > +We'd like DMB members to commit to a one year minimum, but DMB members > +can resign at any time. > + > +When a member's term is nearing its end, Launchpad will ask them if they > +wish to renew, and they can renew their term directly on Launchpad by > +themselves. By doing so, they are affirming that they expect to > +participate for a further year. > + > +If a member wishes to stand down, they can leave the Launchpad team or > +wait for their Launchpad team membership to lapse. > + > +As long as there are routinely fewer volunteers than seats, this process > +will continue. Should the situation change, the TB will adjust the > +process accordingly, which may include moving to the election-based > +appointment model we had used previously. > + > +[^1]: > [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2020-January/002481.html](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2020-January/002481.html) -- https://code.launchpad.net/~racb/ubuntu-governance-docs/+git/ubuntu-governance-docs/+merge/487297 Your team Ubuntu Technical Board is subscribed to branch ubuntu-governance-docs:main. -- technical-board mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/technical-board
