That's looking like a fairly easy job. :-) I will do it, and I'll ask that people just continue replying to this thread, which will make it even easier.
-Jonathan On 7/30/07, Eric Dalquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think the informal +/- voting works for this as well unless there are > any issues that anyone on this list may have with the process. Barring > that the time line that Andrew laid out looks good. > > I would only ask that Bill Thompson or Jonathan keep track of the vote > progress and email the list with the results after the Sept. 4th deadline. > > -Eric > > Andrew Petro wrote: > > Jonathan, thank you for bringing this nomination and selection task to > > the attention of the uPortal developers. > > > > > I would appreciate one of you picking up the ball and taking the > > next step. > > > > uPortal committers: > > I see this going one of two directions, either fine. One is that, > > Apache-style, we arrive at happy consensus as to whom the two > > uPortal-developer-selected steering committee members will be. I see > > that Cris Holdorph and Drew Wills have already spoken up along these > > lines. Additional momentum could result in a feeling of consensus. > > Enough +1s and no objections to Cris's proposal, and we've had our > > vote. It's not totally implausible that this approach could work for > > a small community such as ours. And I think Eric Dalquist would make > > a particularly excellent steering committee representative. > > > > > > > > Another direction we may need to go here is a more formal process of > > nominations and voting. In order to go that route we'd need to > > bootstrap some rules. > > > > > > Here's what I propose as a framework for voting: > > > > 1) uPortal committers may post nominations to this uportal-dev@ list, > > with the same deadline for nominations as that for the stakeholder > > nominations. That is, nominations must be posted to the list by 5:00 > > PM EDT (GMT-4) on Wednesday, August 15, 2007. > > 2) We then vote, on the uportal-dev@ list, with each committer invited > > to cast one vote for each open position (that is, in the present case, > > two votes). Voting closes on Tuesday, September 4, 2007 (to comport > > with "results announced soon after Wednesday, September 5, 2007"). > > 3) The top two vote recipients as of the election deadline are > > recognized as the uPortal developer representatives to the steering > > committee. > > 4) The uportal committers look to the JA-SIG Elections Committee to > > moderate this process, decide any election issues that may arise. > > > > I would look to the steering committee itself once instituted to > > establish some procedures around future elections, handling future > > committee vacancies, etc. > > > > > > So, two questions: > > 1) Is there interest in pursuing Cris's nomination of myself and Eric > > Dalquist to be the uPortal developer representatives to the uPortal > > project steering committee, such that a more formal vote is not > > necessary? +1s and/or objections to that approach would be helpful. > > If anyone has the objection "I'd prefer we have a more formal vote > > than look for less formal consensus", I think that's worth hearing and > > would be a good reason to go the more formal vote route. > > > > 2) If a more formal vote is necessary, are the above rules supported > > by the participants? Are they sufficient? Discussion towards > > consensus on the rules here may be helpful. > > > > Andrew > > > > Jonathan Markow wrote: > >> Yesterday the JA-SIG Election Committee distributed a Call for > >> Nominations announcing the start of an election cycle for two board > >> director positions and three uPortal Project Steering Committee > >> stakeholder positions. Information about the steering committee, the > >> elections, and other governance-related items can be found at > >> http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/JA-SIG+Governance. > >> > >> The steering committee model calls for two developers, to be selected > >> by the group of current committers, to serve on the committee. This > >> selection isn't governed by a board-defined election process. It's > >> left up to you to determine how to best choose the two developer > >> representatives. > >> > >> The formal election process for directors and stakeholders will take > >> approximately six weeks, starting with yesterday's announcement. I'd > >> like to encourage you folks to begin your own process now so that the > >> developer representatives can be announced concurrently with the > >> stakeholders and board rep. At that point we should be ready to go > >> with a first steering committee meeting (which likely will be via > >> telephone). I will also participate in an ex officio capacity as > >> Acting JA-SIG Executive Director. > >> > >> The wiki documentation about the uPortal Project Steering Committee > >> is fairly skeletal and that's intentional. This is our first > >> experience with a governing committee of this type, and, while we > >> have planned and vetted the concept for a number of months, we all > >> are nevertheless going to be experiencing it for the first time. Our > >> expectation is that it will need some tweaking along the way, and we > >> regard it as a work-in-progress to be refined as we collectively > >> figure out what works and what doesn't. > >> > >> I would appreciate one of you picking up the ball and taking the next > >> step. I'll make myself available to answer any questions either by > >> email or by conference call, and I know the rest of the board will > >> extend the same offer. > >> Best of luck with your selection process. We're looking forward to > >> bringing it all together. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jonathan > >> -- > >> You are currently subscribed to uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org as: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > >> http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev > > > > > > -- You are currently subscribed to uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev
