[sakai2-tcc] PROPOSAL: Apereo Sakai Governance: Sakai Project Management Committee (VOTE required)

[John Bush]

+1

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Anthony Whyte <arwhyte at umich.edu> wrote:
> Ian Dolphin has encouraged the TCC to apply to the Apereo Foundation Board
> of Directors in order to be recognized as the governance body for the Sakai
> software community.  A proposal has been drafted in response to Ian's
> request and TCC membership approval is required as a prerequisite before we
> approach the Apereo board seeking formal recognition (see proposal below).
>
> Voting is now OPEN and will conclude no later than Friday, 16 August 2013,
> 23:59 UTC.
>
> As a reminder, this is a public, on-list vote with a "+1" signifying
> approval. Per our governance documents, a -1 vote must be accompanied by a
> detailed explanation. A single -1 vote based on a material objection will
> block action. However, -1 blocking votes can be overridden by a 2/3 majority
> roll call vote of active TCC members.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Anth
>
> _______________________________________
>
>
>
>
> Proposal
> Apereo Sakai Governance
> Sakai Project Management Committee
>
> The Sakai CLE Technical Coordination Committee (TCC) was created in July
> 2010 to work with existing community groups and processes to provide
> technical direction, advice, and coordination that both nurtures and
> enhances the Sakai ecosystem. Inspired directly by the model of the Apache
> Software Foundation's Project Management Committee (PMC), the TCC
> established for itself a lightweight governance model based on the
> meritocratic principle of member selection and featuring consensus-based
> decision-making practiced in an open and transparent manner. [1] Since its
> formation, the TCC has operated as the CLE project's de facto management
> committee in all respects save formal recognition by the Sakai or Apereo
> Foundation boards.
>
> As part of the Sakai-Jasig merger and the creation of the Apereo Foundation,
> a new governance model was established for "software communities" comprising
> the new organization. Article IX, Section 3 of the Apereo bylaws specify
> that each software community “may adopt rules for its own governance
> provided they are consistent with these bylaws and with any policy adopted
> by the Board of Directors.” Article IX, Section 3 further specifies that
> “Community governance structures will be responsible for strategic,
> financial and operational oversight of the community, including adherence to
> overall Foundation licensing and intellectual property policies.” In
> addition, Article IX, Section 4 requires that the Apereo Foundation’s
> Executive Director serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of “a constituent
> community’s strategic governance body, in order to ensure effective and
> robust liaison with the broader community.” [2]
>
> In line with this change in governance, we propose that the Apereo Board
> recognize the TCC as the Sakai software community's "strategic governance
> body" as described of the Foundation bylaws. In addition, we intend to
> rename the TCC to the Sakai Project Management Committee in order to both
> acknowledge the influence of the ASF in our governance approach and also
> allay fears that technical issues will constitute our only concerns as a
> governing body.
>
> The current active TCC membership as well as its ex-officio and emeritus
> members are listed below. TCC governance rules covering membership, member
> roles and responsibilities, voting and elections are documented in the Sakai
> community wiki. [3]
>
>
> Sakai PMC Members
>
> Anthony Whyte (chair)
> Seth Theriault (vice-chair)
> Alan Berg
> Noah Botimer
> Matthew Buckett
> John Bush
> David Horwitz
> Matt Jones
> Beth Kirschner
> Jean-François Lévêque
> Megan May
> Sam Ottenhoff
> Charles Severance
> Steve Swinsburg
> Aaron Zeckoski
>
> Ian Dolphin, ex-officio
>
> John Lewis, emeritus
>
> _____________________________
> [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html,
> http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html
> [2] http://www.apereo.org/content/bylaws
> [3] https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/TCC+Governance
>
>
> anthony whyte | its and mlibrary | university of michigan |
> arwhyte at umich.edu | 517-980-0228
>
>
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