[advocacy-discuss] OSUG Discussion: OGB Reorg and New Webapp Issues

[Simon Phipps]

On Jun 21, 2008, at 06:17, Jim Grisanzio wrote:

> Laurent Blume wrote:
>>>     * Choose to assert that OSUGs should be their own collective  
>>> along
>>>       with Community Groups and Projects when the new webapp is
>>>       implemented. The new webapp will allow this functionality.  
>>> Also,
>>>       this option would keep the OSUGs within the OpenSolaris  
>>> governance
>>>       system, thus preserving all the Contributor and Core  
>>> Contributor
>>>       grants. How we grant Contributor and Core Contributor status  
>>> would
>>>       have to be considered, but that issue is also being  
>>> discussed as
>>>       part of a potential OGB reorg.
>>>
>> I would rather have that option.
>>
>
>
> I think this is the consensus at this point.

Sounds appropriate to me. I would certainly support "User Groups" as  
one of the top-level entities I propose in http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/simplifying_opensolaris_governance

S.