On 04/21/2016 02:04 PM, Jeremy Stanley wrote: > On 2016-04-21 17:54:56 +0000 (+0000), Adrian Otto wrote: >> Below is an excerpt from: >> https://www.openstack.org/legal/community-code-of-conduct/ >> >> "When we disagree, we consult others. Disagreements, both social >> and technical, happen all the time and the OpenStack community is >> no exception. It is important that we resolve disagreements and >> differing views constructively and with the help of the community >> and community processes. We have the Technical Board, the User >> Committee, and a series of other governance bodies which help to >> decide the right course for OpenStack. There are also Project Core >> Teams and Project Technical Leads, who may be able to help us >> figure out the best direction for OpenStack. When our goals differ >> dramatically, we encourage the creation of alternative >> implementations, so that the community can test new ideas and >> contribute to the discussion.” >> >> Does the “Technical Board” mentioned above mean “Technical >> Committee” or “Foundation board of directors”? It is not clear to >> me when consulting our list of governance bodies[1]. It’s >> mentioned along with the “User Committee”, so I think the text >> actually meant “Technical Committee”. Who can clarify this >> ambiguity? > > This question would probably be better asked on the > foundat...@lists.openstack.org mailing list since the openstack-dev > audience doesn't generally have direct control over content on > www.openstack.org/legal, but the wording seems to have been > partially copied from the Ubuntu community's[1] which refers to > their analogue[2] of our TC. > > [1] https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/1.0.1 > [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoard > I'll also point out that identifying the specific groups are meant as examples of "governance bodies" in the text you posted meant to offer guidance rather than a direction of which body to contact for which type of situation you may be experiencing.
While I agree clarity is good and I am interested in hearing what how the foundation responds to this question, I don't perceive different ways of interpreting "Technical Board" to result in different kinds of hehaviour. Thanks Adrian, it is good to draw attention to our guide posts and discuss them on a regular basis. Thank you, Anita. __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
