[ogb-discuss] community voting rules for project initiation

[Nicholas Solter]

Thanks, Keith. I suppose it's a bit late for my opinion, since it's 
already enshrined in the constitution, but I'd prefer if community 
groups had a bit more leeway here. In the HA Clusters community we feel 
that majority voting would be more appropriate for project initiation.

Also, I doubt we are the only ones who will be confused by this, so I 
suggest the consensus requirement should be documented either on 
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/projects/#portal or 
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/policies/project-instantiation.txt

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks,
Nick

Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:09:05AM -0600, Nicholas Solter wrote:
> 
>> There's a bit of confusion in the HA Clusters community as to the voting 
>> rules for project initiation. The project instantiation guidelines 
>> (http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/policies/project-instantiation.txt) 
>> say in section 3:
>>
>> Community Groups are encouraged to adopt their own policies for
>> discussing and approving Project proposals, including timeout periods.
>> Groups are advised that Article VIII of the OpenSolaris Constitution
>> provides substantial guidance in this area.
>>
>> However, the constitution in Article VIII, section 8.4, seems to dictate 
>> exactly what kind of voting is used. Specifically, the table says that 
>> consensus voting is used to initiate a new project.
>>
>> Is my reading of the constitution correct that we're required to use 
>> consensus voting? Or is this only "guidance" (but not required) as 
>> implied in the project instantiation policy doc?
> 
> I believe you are correct in saying that consensus is the required
> voting mechanism for project creation.  However, there are other
> aspects of the process which the Instantiation Policy leaves to the
> Groups.  For example, in setting timers for discussion before voting
> on the project.  Also, the voting period itself is made flexible by
> 8.5.  It's up to the Groups to decide what their criteria are for
> approving a project proposal - they can conduct a fairly rigorous
> initial review, or simply approve anything they broadly agree with.
> The intent of the PIP is to encourage local policymaking on these
> matters while directing Groups to the requirements and guidance found
> in Article VIII.
> 

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Nicholas Solter, Solaris Cluster Development
http://blogs.sun.com/nsolter