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

[Steve Swinsburg]

+1


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 5:55 AM, John Bush <jbush at anisakai.com> wrote:

> +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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