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During the last OpenPGP Email Summit[1] we agreed that we would like to transition the keyserver on keys.openpgp.org (KOO) from a one-person show into an open community project. Vincent, Lars, dkg and I volunteered to form a Bootstrapping Committee that would propose a new structure and governing rules for this community by end of July. I'm very happy to announce today that we completed this task ahead of time. We have prepared a proposal for a constitution, together with several supporting documents, and would now like to invite everyone interested in OpenPGP for feedback to our proposals. Please provide your feedback until Aug. 21, 2022 on the OpenPGP Summit Email list (openpgp-em...@enigmail.net). Below is a summary of the proposed constitution. The complete constitution and all supporting documents can be found on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/hagrid-keyserver/bootstrap-committee/-/tree/main We are planning to set up the organization according the following schedule (under the assumption that the feedback is such that the schedule is feasible): 1. Comment period for the constitution: until Aug. 21, 222 2. Publish first version of constitution: 1w later 3. Invitation for voting body +4w 4. First election of the board +2w 5. Publish election results +3d 6. Install 1st Board We agreed that Patrick will be responsible for the complete process. Summary of the keys.openpgp.org Constitution ============================================ High Level Summary ------------------ keys.openpgp.org (KOO) is a service providing a verifying key server to the OpenPGP ecosystem. The service is operated by the operations team as guided by the Board. The Board is elected by the Voting Body, which is formed by individuals that are active in the OpenPGP ecosystem. The Board --------- The Board offers advice, guidance, and support to the operations team, and helps ensure the ongoing operation of the KOO service. If and when the KOO organization gets funds, the Board decides how to spend them. The Board consists of 3-5 individuals. Board members are elected for a 1-year term, and may be on the Board for up to 3 years in a row. Board votes are decided by simple majority, except when replacing the whole operations team, which must be a unanimous vote by all members. The Board nominates one of its members as secretary. The secretary takes meeting minutes and organizes the next election. Board meeting minutes are published. The Board takes care of KOO Enhancement Proposals (KEP) that may be submitted by any voting member. Any KEP requires adoption by at least one Board member in order to be considered by the Board. The Board may approve or reject any KEP under consideration, or may ask the KEP author for revisions before re-consideration. Board members self-nominate themselves via a public mailing list. Elected members are asked to ensure that no organization or affiliation is over-represented in the Board. The Voting Body --------------- The voting body serves to elect the Board Members. It consists of voting members. Eligible for membership are all those individuals who use OpenPGP, implement it, provide services to help use it, produce documentation, provide training, etc. Voting members are nominated by existing members and approved by the Board. Membership expires after 3 years of inactivity (defined by participating in the votes and elections). Membership in the initial voting body is open to anyone who has attended any of the past OpenPGP E-mail Summits[2]. This only applies to the election of the first Board. The Operations Team ------------------- The operations team maintains the Hagrid software, and operates the servers providing the service of the key server. It has final say in how the software works, and how the service is provided. The operations team reports on their activities to the Board and the public. The operations team is self-organized, except for the right of the Board to replace the operations team entirely. Initial Formation of the KOO Organization ----------------------------------------- The KOO Bootstrap Committee will organize the process to establish the KOO organization as follows: 1. Request for feedback from the OpenPGP community (public announcement). 2. Incorporate the community feedback and publish the 1st KOO Constitution. 3. Invite attendees of the past OpenPGP E-mail Summits to join the Voting Body. 4. Organize the election of the first Board. 5. The constitution is considered ratified once the 1st elected Board is installed. In order to ensure continuity, 2 of the 5 initial Board members will have a term limit of max. 2 years. Voting Process -------------- Voting and elections are done publicly and are attributable. Votes for Board elections are done by signed commits via merge requests on a dedicated git repository. Changing the Constitution ------------------------- The constitution may be changed by voting by the Voting Body. To pass, a change must receive at least 67% of the votes given, and at least 50% of the eligible voters must vote. We are looking forward to a fruitful discussion and hope that we can reach an agreement for how to set up and structure KOO. dkg, Lars, Patrick, Vincent [1] https://wiki.gnupg.org/OpenPGPEmailSummit202205 [2] https://wiki.gnupg.org/OpenPGPEmailSummits
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