Alan Burlison wrote:
Jim Walker wrote:
So in the new website is this true?
Community Group:Contributor = poll:Contributor
Community Group:Core Contributor = poll:Core Contributor
Yes, CG status has been preserved.
Let me restate my concerns about the new website roles:
http://opensolaris.org/os/community/web/transition-roles-collectives/
In the current website we just have the Leader website role
which combines admin and editing functions *independently of
constitutional roles*. The Leader website role is used in
CGs and Projects and User Group Projects. There are also
Affiliate roles which form collective subgroups that are used
with the SCM console to control who can commit to source repos.
Note: on the current website, the Contributor and Core Contributor
constitutional roles are only maintained in the poll database and
are not used in anyway relative to website rights.
I agree the current Leader website role is overloaded, and
breaking it into three website functional roles like: participant,
editor/commiter and admin in the three collective types is a good
idea and provides website access control flexibility per collective.
However, the assertion that CGs MUST use constitutional roles
to control website access is false. The OpenSolaris Constitution
does not require this, and we haven't operated this way since
the opensolaris.org website was created.
If we go forward with the new website roles as described in the
transition-roles-collectives document above, we will be forced to
perform a formal CG vote anytime we wish to grant someone website
edit rights (Contributor) or admin rights (Core Contributor).
Not only will this unreasonably delay granting website access
rights by at least 72 hours[1], it is likely to cause people to
be given Constitutional roles they don't merit or want. Which
is the opposite of what we want in terms of ease-of-use and a
well qualified electorate.
The Constitution DOES NOT require this mapping of website roles
to constitutional roles. I recommend the CG website role terms
be changed or new editor and admin roles be added to CGs so
constitutional and website roles can remain independent like they
are now.
The OGB can clarify this in policy if needed. The OGB can decide
how constitutional roles are used or not used beyond what is in
the constitution.
Cheers,
Jim
[1] ARTICLE VIII - http://opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/governance/
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Jim Walker, http://blogs.sun.com/jwalker
Sun Microsystems, Broomfield, Colorado
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