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Proposal: Governance Reset #15390
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Motion to vote: Lucas. |
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…ps://github.com/orgs/magma/projects/25/ Signed-off-by: Lucas Gonze <[email protected]>
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…gma#15390 On investigation I determined that the Magma_Technical_Charter_Final_1-26-2021.docx.pdf file was superceded by a later version dated March 15, 2021 and located at /Governance/blob/main/CHARTER.md. To preserve governance history I have preserved the contents of this file but am renaming it to make the status clear. As part of the governance reset I have removed links to the Community repo. Signed-off-by: Lucas Gonze <[email protected]>
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…gma#15390 On investigation I determined that the Magma_Technical_Charter_Final_1-26-2021.docx.pdf file was superceded by a later version dated March 15, 2021 and located at /Governance/blob/main/CHARTER.md. To preserve governance history I have preserved the contents of this file but am renaming it to make the status clear. As part of the governance reset I have removed links to the Community repo. Updated README to add Nathaniel Bennett. Signed-off-by: Lucas Gonze <[email protected]>
Sandra met with LF Legal. They said:
In today's TSC call we resolved to follow that path. Lucas is assigned to move the edits from a modified charter to a modified CONTRIBUTING. We will then vote on acceptance of that file. |
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Proposal: Governance Reset
This ticket obsoletes and updates #15376
Problem
Magma governance is mainly obsolete cruft. It was originally structured to fit a Meta-centric orientation. In the shift to independence and a proper open source community the governance has not kept up.
Solution
Revisit every aspect of governance:
Non-goals
Changes to the formal non-profit. However I will probably have to research and document what the non-profit is.
Advocacy. Though I will and do have personal points of view, they are out of scope in this proposal.
Changes
Timeout
Proposed timeout on membership:
When a member departs, a call for an election to fill their seat will be made.
Address questions:
Formalize Participation and Non-Participation
We need to define the participation in a vote properly. Not participating in a vote as a form of statement (ex. the member is so agains something so he dosn't want to vote in order not to contribute to that motion at all) is a valid way to express disagreement. This form of not participating should not lead you to disqualification from TSC, therefore maybe we should consider if there was activity not only formal vote. Also, we need to make sure we give enough time for the TSC member to be active on the vote, so just saying not participating in three votes without adding a perspective of a timeline can lead to automatic disqualifications. Ex: we call for 3 votes in a single day and all 3 are voted (pass of fail), the people who had not voted are on this issues will be automatically subject of the rule of not participating in 3 votes since there is no time frame.
Proposal: add abstention (or "present") to vote options.
Quorum rules determined by number of voters on last vote.
Snap elections need to be accounted for.
Add "not participating in three votes AND not voting for three weeks" to timeout rules.
Add guiding principles about fairness to community and also fairness to the voter in the power to express themselves. Create a text preamble.
New plurality approach
A sensible way to have a flexible quorum of 3-5 members
This ticket absorbs and moots #15375
Tasks
Professional writing for the new documentation.
Eliminate out of date documentation that would contradict new structures.
Talk to Legal at Linux Foundation.
Coordinate with Board of Directors for non-profit
Initiate a vote under the old roles to accept the new rules
Operational Issues
I am requesting $4,000 to execute this proposal.
Note that I am making this proposal as an independent and not under the OSPOCO banner.
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