[Chaoss-software] Proposal: scope of the voting members of the Software TC

Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona jgb at bitergia.com
Sun Nov 26 22:28:44 UTC 2017


I guess nobody opposed, so I think we can consider this as approved.

Thanks!

	Jesus.

On Wed, 2017-11-15 at 20:08 +0100, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> During our first meeting, I committed to produce a proposal for a
> rough
> definition of the scope of the voting members of the Software TC, and
> how to decide on who are the voting members during the first term.
> Here
> it is:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------
> The CHAOSS Software TC (from now on Software TC) will decide on the
> following matters, which can be considered as organizational:
> 
> * Helping to achieve the goals of the Software TC, as specified in
> the
> CHAOSS Charter.
> 
> * Fostering the collaboration and interoperability between the
> projects
> in the Software TC, and with other TCs in CHAOSS.
> 
> * Acceptance of new projects in the Software TC.
> 
> * Decisions of deprecation of projects of the Software TC, and/or
> rules
> for deprecation (for example, in case of inactivity).
> 
> * Resolution of conflicts in the realm of activities related to the
> Software TC and its projects, before scaling them up to the CHAOSS
> Board, if deemed appropriate.
> 
> * Any other issue delegated by the CHAOSS Board.
> 
> The Software TC will not be competent on technical issues specific to
> any of its projects.
> 
> The preferred mechanism for decisions of the Software TC is
> consensus.
> If consensus cannot be reached, the decisions will be make by a
> majority of voting members.
> 
> Voting members will be elected by the contributors of the projects
> forming the Software TC, for a term of one year, according to the
> rules
> that will be defined during the first term.
> 
> The first group of voting members, which will serve during the first
> term, will be composed of:
> 
> * One member representing each of the founding projects of the
> Software
> TC.
> * One member representing the Software TC
> * One member representing the Linux Foundation
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> Please notice that this means that all technical discussions will
> happen in the communication means used by the projects, while this
> list
> will be mainly for discussions related to the scope of the Software
> TC.
> 
> If you agree these could be our initial guidelines (that we can
> refine
> later), please let us know. Any other comment or feedback is welcome.
> If we don't find an agreement, we could have a confcall next week.
> 
> If nobody opposes, I think we can include this in the agenda for the
> next Board meeting, scheduled for 28th this month.
> 
> Saludos,
> 
> 	Jesus.
> 
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