Xubuntu council draft proposal

flocculant

2016-07-22 22:04:11 UTC

So now I see that we need to

* Reword Strategy Document changes
* Team approval of SD changes
* Set up nomination cycle - expecting days this time around ...
* Do Voting
* Remove/replace XPL with Xubuntu Council
* Breathe out again now it's 17.04 :)

Post by Pasi Lallinaho
For information - the reply from CC to the council draft.
Cheers,
Pasi
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Re: Xubuntu council draft proposal - for review
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:56:16 -0400
Organization: Ubuntu
After reviewing the proposed change and discussion within the Community
Council, we agree that this is a good change for Xubuntu and it's
community, and approve of the changes detailed below.
If you need any assistance from the CC in implementing these change,
please let us know.
Michael Hall (on behalf of the CC)

Hello Community Council (CC: Kev),
Xubuntu has found it increasingly hard to continue with the current
leadership structure (Xubuntu Project Lead[1], being asingle leader for
the project).Because of this, we have been looking again at the
possibility ofmoving to a council rather than using a single person lead
model.Given the requirements of the role and general agreement that the
council approach is the best choice for the project at this time, we
started working on a draft proposal for the council and have not seeked
for a new project lead. Consequently, we will shortly be leaderless
(technically, we only have an incumbent project lead currently).
The latest draft proposal (and some quick notes) can be found at the end
of this email.
We're planningto startformulating the necessary changes toour Strategy
Document [2] shortly,but beforedoingthat, wanted to bring this to you in
your position of responsibility to the Ubuntu community for your
comments and approval.The finalrewording willbe subject to Xubuntu
Team[3] (the Launchpadteam with voting rights within Xubuntu)
approvaland another quick review by the CCprior to it going live.
We anticipate that we will have completed this change during the current
(16.10) development cycle in order that we can move forward.
If you have any questions, please be in touchwith either of usand we
will happily assist and give more information as requested - either via
email or IRC.
On behalf of the Xubuntu team
Writers of the draft proposal
Pasi (knome) and Kev (flocculant)
[1]
<https://launchpad.net/%7Exubuntu-project-lead>https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-project-lead
[2]
<http://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/xsd.html>http://docs.xubuntu.org/contributors/xsd.html
[3]
<https://launchpad.net/%7Exubuntu-team/+members>https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-team/+members
== Draft proposal ==
WHAT IS THE XUBUNTU COUNCIL?
The Xubuntu Council (later: council) will replace the Xubuntu Project
Lead (later: XPL) position.
A council term is 2 years, always ending after an LTS release to allow
long-term planning.
COUNCIL MEMBERS
The council will consist of 3 members.
The members will be elected based on a CIVS [1] vote.
Anybody who is a member of the Xubuntu team [2] or a *direct* member
of any of the moderated subteams [3] can nominate themselves, or be
nominated by someone else with the candidates agreement.
Everybody who is member of the Xubuntu team [2] and/or a *direct*
member of any of the moderated subteams [3] can vote.
If a council member goes missing in action for 6 months, they should
be replaced by a new vote.
If a new council member is elected mid-term, their term will still end
after the next LTS release.
COUNCIL CHAIR
The council will decide on a chair whose term will last for the whole
council term.
The chair will act as the official point of contact for Xubuntu.
If the council chair wishes to relinquish chair, a new chair is chosen
as members (see above).
OTHER BITS
The council is expected to take action,or respondto any issue within 2
weeks; if appropriate and fair, the first action can be postponement.
If the council fails toreach consensus on an issue, the Ubuntu
Community Council acts as the final arbiter.
[1]http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/
[2] ~xubuntu-team on Launchpad
[3] ~xubuntu-release, ~xubuntu-dev, ~xubuntu-art, ~xubuntu-website,
~xubuntu-qa, ~xubuntu-doc on Launchpad
== Notes ==
Note that while the proposal only allows people in moderated teams to be
nominated and vote, those moderated teams are open to anyone to join -
via sustained contributions to the project - the Xubuntu team does not
intend to shut anyone out from decision making as long as they contribute.
As an example of the above, the QA team (~xubuntu-qa) was set up for
these kinds of social reasons; the team expects people from the testers
team (~xubuntu-testers) to be approved to the QA team once they have
shown sustained/substantial contributions.
In the same spirit, we're already discussing the possibility to set up
other teams that have a similar social aspect.
--
Pasi Lallinaho (knome) »http://open.knome.fi/
Leader of the Shimmer Project »http://shimmerproject.org/
Ubuntu member, Xubuntu Website lead »http://xubuntu.org/