[ogb-discuss] RFC: Emancipation Community

[Simon Phipps]

John S:  This is in no way a comment on the work you or the people you  
name are doing. It is merely picking up on the pressure for reform  
that was expressed at the Summit.


On May 10, 2008, at 18:51, John Plocher wrote:

> John Sonnenschein wrote:
>> Yes, of course ( Sorry Joerg, I didn't mean to slight you ). John
>> Plocher as well ought to be added to the list.
>
> Thank you, but no - the core contributor grants should be
> restricted to  those who actually contribute - those of us
> who simply pontificate should remain simply "interested" or
> maybe "contributors".
>
> I'll let you run with the charter as you see fit since you
> are closer to the problem than I am...

I think we need to discuss this at an OGB meeting with respect to  
Article VII of the Constitution. It seems to me that a new CG should  
start out with /no/ CC grants of its own, and that they should be  
earned by contribution within the CG.

To this end I suggest we explore interpreting §7.4.3 to mean that the  
initial CCs of any new CG must be existing CCs from elsewhere in the  
community. With the freedom we have under §7.8, we would then give all  
of the initial members Contributor grants. We would also need to  
interpret §8.3 so that the initial outside CCs had CC votes in the new  
CG until their next renewal. This would have the handy side effect  
under §7.12 of meaning that any CG that has failed to grow its own CCs  
by the time the grants of its founders expire would automatically be  
wound up.

Views?

S.