[ogb-discuss] follow-up to 8/20 OGB meeting

[Bonnie Corwin]

Hi,

There have been multiple discussions recently regarding the current 
implementation of Auth and how it relates to access control for 
applications such as XWiki.  Members of the Website Development team 
attended the OGB meeting on Aug 20 to understand in detail the OGB's 
concerns about the current implementation.  These center around the use 
in Auth of the Constitutionally-defined role names of Contributor and 
Core Contributor in the Community Group collective.

To address the OGB's concerns, the following changes will be implemented 
before the Phase 2 transition to XWiki:

1. Rename the existing Community Group roles as follows (they will be
    the same as those in the User Group collective):

     Core Contributor -> Leader
     Contributor      -> Affiliate
     Participant      -> Participant (unchanged)

2. Update Electorate data as follows:

    a. Rename 'Member' in Electorates to 'Core Contributor'.

    b. Add a new role called 'Contributor' to the Electorates.  Unlike
       Core Contributor, this role will not have an end date.

    c. Populate Electorate/Contributor role with the list of existing
       Community Group/Contributors.

These changes involve significant rework for the current site 
transition, and we are investigating the impact on the published schedule.

Thanks.

Bonnie