That's a start, but that makes it clear we're inventing new rules
for Spec Projects that are different than any other Eclipse
project. Is there a better way to "overlay" the Spec Project rules
on top of the existing Project rules?
Richard Monson-Haefel wrote on 05/23/18
02:34 PM:
Good point. Here is a counter proposal:
In addition to accepting individuals to a
Specification Group, the group lead or the group can
nominate/elect (or whatever) a representative of an
organization. If the represenative leaves that organization,
the organization can nominate a replacement represenative. The
original representative can remain on the Specification Group as
an individual or perhaps representing some other company, but
the company that originally invested in that represenative has
the right to nominate a new represenative. The newly nominated
represenative can be subject to a vote by the group. That way
the organization that lost the represenative has the
oppourtunity to maintain its place at the table but is not an
automatic “pay to play” contributor.
I think that protects the investment made by the
organization when it has payed the representative salary and
gave that time to the Specification Group without making it a
“pay to play” situation. So there can be individual group
members and organizational group members.
Richard Monson-Haefel
wrote on 05/23/18 07:28 AM:
Depending on the membership level,
an organization should automatically get a seat on
any specification project they want but should
excercise self-restraint to focus on those
specifications germane to their products. Why,
for example, should a company become a strategic
member if it cannot have a seat at the table?
So, if you pay then
you can play?
What about the people who don't pay?
At the JCP, the Spec Lead would decide whether an expert
was qualified to be on the expert group. We ran into
quite a few people who clearly only wanted to be on an
expert group so that they could add that to their resume.
We rejected many of those people.
If "expert group members" are Committers on a Spec
Project, who qualifies the Committers? After the Project
is created, I assume it would be the Project Lead. Before
the Project is created, is it just the person who proposes
the project? And you're suggesting that the Project Lead
would have no choice but to accept any Committer proposed
by a paying Member?
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