<div dir="ltr">Hi Mark, <div>Thanks for the summary, super helpful. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to request we don't use "TC" even in the draft. Using an acronym could cause confusion so let's spell out Technical Committee throughout. </div><div><br></div><div>Similarly, let's spell out ATC as Active Technical Contributor. One line I would like to clarify is "<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">ATC must contribute to OpenStack Project" -- I would guess we mean that to be "An Active Technical Contributor must contribute to a Technical Committee Approved OpenStack Project within the two six-month release cycles." [1]</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">Thanks,</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px">Anne</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.7272720336914px"><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">1. <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/TechnicalCommittee">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/TechnicalCommittee</a></font></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Thierry Carrez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thierry@openstack.org" target="_blank">thierry@openstack.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">FYI<br>
(forwarded at Mark Radcliffe's request)<br>
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Sujet : Revised Bylaws<br>
Date : Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:35:09 +0000<br>
De : Radcliffe, Mark <<a href="mailto:Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com">Mark.Radcliffe@dlapiper.com</a>><br>
Pour : <a href="mailto:openstack-tc-owner@lists.openstack.org">openstack-tc-owner@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<<a href="mailto:openstack-tc-owner@lists.openstack.org">openstack-tc-owner@lists.openstack.org</a>>, Stefano Maffulli<br>
<<a href="mailto:stefano@openstack.org">stefano@openstack.org</a>><br>
Copie à : Jonathan Bryce <<a href="mailto:jonathan@openstack.org">jonathan@openstack.org</a>>, Alan Clark<br>
<<a href="mailto:aclark@suse.com">aclark@suse.com</a>><br>
<br>
This email is a follow up to the discussion at the joint Technical<br>
Committee/Board meeting at the Paris Summit. I am enclosing the final<br>
draft of the revised bylaws. As you know, the DefCore process has<br>
developed a process for managing the application of trademarks to the<br>
OpenStack Project. The original bylaws provided for very detailed (and<br>
inflexible) approach to the use of trademarks and the modification of<br>
the Core OpenStack Project. The proposed revisions are meant to provide<br>
flexibility to adopt the Defcore procedures and any changes to those<br>
procedures in the future. These changes have included input from the<br>
Legal Affairs Committee, OpenStack Foundation management and the Defcore<br>
Committee. Please provide me with any comments by noon on Thursday,<br>
November 20. We will also be sending a similar email to the Board and<br>
the Defcore Committee. The drafts can be found at<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eztcbk8tvxouqfb/AABX8D6g8jns3Cp_4OGthc7Oa?dl=0" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eztcbk8tvxouqfb/AABX8D6g8jns3Cp_4OGthc7Oa?dl=0</a><br>
<br>
After considering and incorporating any relevant comments, the<br>
Foundation is planning to have a Board meeting in the first week of<br>
December to approve the final draft. Then, such draft will be put on<br>
the Foundation website to prepare for approval by the Individual Members<br>
as part of their election of Individual Directors.<br>
<br>
1. Revisions for Determination Core and Trademark Policy.<br>
a. Shift from two to three categories of software<br>
i. Current bylaws<br>
A. OpenStack Project<br>
B. Core OpenStack Project<br>
ii.Revised bylaws<br>
A. OpenStack Project<br>
B. OpenStack TC Approved Release<br>
C. Trademark Designated OpenStack Software<br>
b. Change in determination of Trademark Designated OpenStack Software<br>
by the Board<br>
i. Current bylaws<br>
A. Modules: Block Storage, Compute, Dashboard, Identity<br>
Service, Image Service, Networking, and Object Storage<br>
B. Add/Remove Modules Process: Proposed by Technical Committee<br>
and approved by the Board of Directors ("Board")<br>
C. This provision can only be changed by a vote of the Board<br>
and the affirmative vote of (i) two-thirds of the Gold Members, (ii)<br>
two-thirds of the Platinum Members, and (iii) a majority of the<br>
Individual Members voting (but only if at least 25% of the Individual<br>
Members voting at an annual or special<br>
meeting).<br>
ii. Revised bylaws<br>
A. Trademark Designated OpenStack Software: Process for<br>
determining Trademark Designated OpenStack Software will be determined<br>
by the Board and does not need any vote by the members, but changes in<br>
process require Technical Committee approval (i.e. change from DefCore)<br>
B. OpenStack TC Approved Release (formerly Integrated<br>
Release): Determined by Technical Committee but "Trademark Designated<br>
OpenStack Software" can be deleted from OpenStack TC Approved Release<br>
only with permission of Board<br>
c. Change in management of trademarks<br>
i. Current bylaws<br>
A. Trademarks governed by detailed trademark policy in Appendix 8<br>
B. This provision can only be changed by a vote of the Board<br>
and the affirmative vote of (i) two-thirds of the Gold Members, (ii)<br>
two-thirds of the Platinum Members, and (iii) a majority of the<br>
Individual Members voting (but only if at least 25% of the Individual<br>
Members vote at an annual or special meeting).<br>
ii. Revised bylaws<br>
A. Trademarks will be governed by a trademark policy to be<br>
determined by the Board and does not need any vote by the members<br>
<br>
2. Determination of ATC<br>
a. Current bylaws: ATC must contribute to Core OpenStack Project.<br>
b. Revised bylaws: ATC must contribute to OpenStack Project .<br>
<br>
<br>
Separate Approval (at the request of DefCore)<br>
<br>
1. Legal Affairs Committee<br>
a. Current bylaws: Legal Affairs Committee currently is limited to<br>
five members (but eleven lawyers are attending).<br>
b. Revised bylaws: The Board can set the criteria for membership on<br>
the Legal Affairs Committee.<br>
<br>
2. Quorum for Individual Members to Amend the Bylaws<br>
a. Current bylaws: A majority of the Individual Members voting (but<br>
only if at least 25% of the Individual Members vote at an annual or<br>
special meeting). This vote was selected rather arbitrarily at the<br>
time the bylaws were drafted and did not anticipate the number of<br>
Individual Members which have joined the Foundation. The 2014 election<br>
for Individual Directors had participation of only [11%] of the<br>
Individual Members.<br>
b. Revised bylaws: A majority of the Individual Members voting (but<br>
only if at least 10% of the Individual Members vote at an annual or<br>
special meeting).<br>
<br>
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