[ogb-discuss] 2008 OGB Election

[Roy T. Fielding]

On Dec 12, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Glynn Foster wrote:
> Roy T. Fielding wrote:
>> That doesn't make any sense.  It is the responsibility of the  
>> existing
>> core to nominate those who have earned it.  If they don't, they are
>> not caring for the future of that community.  At Apache, asking for
>> core or committer status is a cultural faux pas --- almost guaranteed
>> to delay the grant.  Perhaps this is one of those areas where open
>> source cultural norms are different from solaris engineering norms
>> and we need to adjust habits.
>
> And asking for membership in GNOME is encouraged, because it shows  
> you have a
> vested interest in the community and being more involved in the day  
> to day
> governance, rather than having it forced on you when you really  
> only care about
> writing code.
>
> It works both ways, and OpenSolaris is neither Apache or GNOME - it  
> needs to
> find it's own self as a community.

I don't think membership in GNOME is comparable (this is more like  
asking
to be the release manager for some component within GNOME).  But you are
right that this is a cultural norm that varies by organization.

....Roy