[cab-discuss] Draft minutes, 14 February 2007

[Stephen Hahn]

   Comments, corrections welcomed.

   - Stephen

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OpenSolaris
GOVERNING BOARD MEETING MINUTES, 2007/02/14

Attending:  DIK, FIELDING, HOPPER, PHIPPS, TEER.
Absent:     (None)
Guests:     Stephen Hahn

1.  Briefly discussed of the nomination and candidacy process for the
    upcoming Board elections.  A three step process was proposed:
    nomination, acceptance, seconding.  Furthermore, the second must be
    a Core Contributor distinct from the nominee.  (Self-nomination is
    fine.)

    MOTION 1:  to have a three step process for candidacy, with no
    self-seconding proposed by TEER, seconded by PHIPPS.  Motion carried
    unanimously.

2.  HOPPER is developing a list of questions with which to (a) test the
    balloting system and (b) to gather information about priorities held
    by the Community.  The draft list will be circulated to the Board.

3.  Site changes to advertise election are necessary.  HOPPER will work
    on aspects of the Board's community pages; Hahn will coordinate
    temporary changes to front page to highlight election timeline and
    procedure.  A general expression of interest in Contributor and Core
    Contributor visit statistics to the opensolaris.org site was made;
    Hahn will follow up with web operations.

4.  Reviewed pending Core Contributor petitions.  The Board will
    continue to receive petitions on cab-discuss.  PHIPPS commented on
    language barriers impacting the petitions of potential Core
    Contributors from various countries; FIELDING noted that cultural
    barriers can also prevent a petitioning process from being
    successful.  PHIPPS suggested that the Board be ready to make
    nominations where such factors might prevent an optimal outcome from
    being reached.

    MOTION 2:  to recognize Jürgen Keil as an At-Large Core Contributor
    proposed by HOPPER, seconded by TEER.  Motion carried unanimously.

5.  A final timeline will be sent to the announcement and other aliases,
    once vetted on cab-discuss.  A two-week election period was
    preferred, to cover possibly vacationing Core Contributors.
    Reminders of open polls will be sent during the second week.
    FIELDING noted that electronic elections have resolved themselves
    rapidly (a few days at most) in Apache's history.

6.  A subscription-moderated, archived contributors mailing list shall
    be set up to handle future Community-wide discussions.  If possible,
    a read-only subscription option for non-Contributors shall be
    provided.

7.  PHIPPS will present for consideration a revised version of OGB
    Position Paper 20070207 at an upcoming meeting, with corrections and
    amendments.

    MOTION 3:  to appoint Stephen Hahn as Secretary proposed by FIELDING,
    seconded by PHIPPS.  Motion carried unanimously.

8.  Adjourned.


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Stephen Hahn, PhD  Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems
stephen.hahn at sun.com  http://blogs.sun.com/sch/