[advocacy-discuss] Advocacy Voting and Project Proposal Process (draft)

[Menno Lageman]

Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> Ok, based on the feedback I updated this voting proposal. I didn't see 
> anyone really objecting, so I took all the suggestions as best as I 
> could resolve them. I did make changes to clarify, so check me and see 
> what you think ...
> 
> 
> Voting Procedures for the Advocacy Community Group
> 
> The Advocacy CG voting procedures are based on the OpenSolaris 
> Constitution and the OpenSolaris Governing Board's Project Instantiation 
> Policy and cover the following areas: Participant, Contributor, Core 
> Contributor, User Group Proposals, Project Proposals. Questions should 
> be directed to advocacy-discuss.
> 
>    1. Participant: Register on opensolaris.org and advocacy-discuss and
>       participate in community conversations.
> 
>    2. Contributor: To earn Contributor status you need to be nominated
>       by a Contributor or Core Contributor. You also need a total of two
>       +1 votes and no -1 votes. Only Core Contributors can vote, and
>       voting is open on advocacy-discuss for five days. The initial
>       nomination is considered a +1 vote.
> 
>    3. Core Contributor: To earn Core Contributor status you need to be
>       nominated by a Core Contributor. You also need a total of three +1
>       votes with no -1 votes. Only Core Contributors can vote, and
>       voting is open on advocacy-discuss for five days. The initial
>       nomination is considered a +1 vote.
> 
>    4. User Groups: To get user group infrastructure on opensolaris.org,
>       you need to send a proposal to advocacy-discuss for approval. You
>       need one +1 vote and no -1 votes. Only Core Contributors can vote,
>       and voting is open on advocacy-discuss for five days. Write your
>       proposal in the following format:
> 
>          1. Name of user group.
>          2. Three or more initial participants listed with their
>             OpenSolaris user IDs.
>          3. A one paragraph description of the group, including location
>             and activities planned.
> 
>    5. Projects: Project proposals follow the OGB's Project Instantiation
>       Policy.
> 

Jim,

what is the discerning factor between being a Core Contributor or a 
Contributor (i.e. what makes a person a Core Contributor instead of a 
Contributor)? Right now, the draft seems to suggest that the difference 
is in the status of the person nominating and number of +1 and -1 votes.

The desktop guys have criteria for this based on merit (like 'do x' to 
be eligible for Contributor status , do 'y' to be eligible for Core 
Contributor status). Shouldn't this CG also have some criteria?

Menno
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