Ed Leafe <ed@leafe.com> writes:
On Feb 12, 2019, at 11:41 AM, Doug Hellmann <doug@doughellmann.com> wrote:
Have you talked to the election team about running a PTL election for the new team? I don't know what their expected cut-off date for having teams defined is, so we should make sure they're ready and then have the governance patch to set up the new team prepared ASAP because that requires a formal vote from the TC, which will take a while and we're about to enter TC elections.
We did realize that it might be cutting it close, as nominations begin on March 5. Since the governance change would not be a new issue, we did not anticipate a lengthy debate among the TC.
If it turns out that it can’t be done in time, so be it, but we at least wanted to try.
-- Ed Leafe
I'm not suggesting you should wait; I just want you to be aware of the deadlines. New project teams fall under the formal vote rules described in the "Motions" section of the TC charter [1]. Those call for a minimum of 7 calendar days and 3 days after reaching the minimum number of votes for approval. Assuming no prolonged debate, you'll need 7-10 days for the change to be approved. If the team is ready to go now, I suggest you go ahead and file the governance patch so we can start collecting the necessary votes. [1] https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/charter.html#motions -- Doug