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Anuket Project Operations and Guidelines document for commenting
The document was accepted in the 2021-11-02 TSC meeting. The document was moved to Anuket Project Operations and Procedures .
Comments
We have a definition of contributors in 2.1.1 with the definition of contribution " Contributions can take the form of requirements, specifications, code, or other artifacts ". @Beth Cohen do you think that this is a) not broad enough or b) does not include specification work?
The proposed Charter-s 3.3.b and 3.3.c points define that it is the TSC-s responsibility to approve and remove sub-projects and point 2.1.3.1 of this document defines that the TSC should add committers. Do you think that we need to request resources from the ones who propose the projects?
Can you add your comments as inline comments to the relevant places of the document? It is more easy to review them like that.
Rewrite of 2.1.4.1
2.1.4.1. PTL/WSL Election Procedures
General -- PTL/WSL Election:
In case of a vacancy for a PTL/WSL position or 30-days prior to the end of the term of the current position holder:
An invitation to the project/workstream active membership shall be sent for nominations.
A candidate maybe nominated or may self-nominate.
The election shall be administered electronically by Anuket staff and the results shall be communicated to the Anuket TSC for ratification. The TSC ratification shall be pro-forma exercise.
If there is only one candidate for a position, then the person is elected to the position by default.
To be elected to the position requires a simple majority of the eliegible voting members
In case no candidate secures a majority (see clause above),
if the election was contested by more than two (2) candidates, another vote shall be conducted amongst the two candidates to get the highest number of votes
if the election was contested by only 2 candidates and after the election none of the two withdraws/concedes in favour of the other candidate, then the TSC shall be asked to appoint an interim PTL/WSL as per "Interim PTL/WSL appointment" below and after a 30 day waiting period, initiate the process for WSL/PTL election.
Eligible Voting Members:
The eligible voting members shall be:
If election is held in the TSC then the entire TSC membership not only those present at a meeting.
If the election is held by project or workstream then the eligible voters shall be the
Active contributors to the project/workstream and
Only one active contributor from an organisation
Interim PTL/WSL Appointment
In the case where an election of the eligible voters ends up in a tie then the TSC shall appoint an Interim PTL/WSL until new elections can be held:
(i) ask the current PTL/WSL to continue as interim lead for a period of three (3) months, or
(ii) if (i) is not feasible then elect one of the TSC members to be the interim PTL/WSL
PTL/WSL Appointment
The Anuket TSC shall vote to elect PTL/WSL at the time of the creation of a project/workstream, or at time of reactivation of a moribund project/workstream. The TSC shall also vote to elect an interim PTL/WSL in the case where the project/workstream active contributors are unable to elect a PTL/WSL.
An election for Project Technical Leader or Workstream Leader shall occur when any of the following are true:
The project or workstream is initially created or reactivated; the TSC shall elect
The PTL or WSL resigns; the active contributors of that project/workstream shall elect
First week of November (for next year); the active contributors of that project/workstream shall elect
I have a couple of comments. I think it is VERY important to pin down our definition of committers here. It should be a broader definition than is stated to include people who contribute to the overall project, not just code. Another point we should dig into is how sub projects are started, who gets to start them and their overall lifecycle. The reality is that projects usually have a sponsor – individual or organization that is willing to contribute resources – in whatever form that takes – to the work. It is up to the TSC to determine if that proposal/project fits into the Anuket charter. Does that belong in this document, or in the TSC doc?
Should we include language about how and when a project should be retired? There are many zombie projects out there.
Except for Contributors and Reviewers, the other roles require that participants be affiliated with an Anuket member organization. – What does this mean?