[openstack-dev] [all][tc] governance changes for "big tent" model

Thierry Carrez thierry at openstack.org
Fri Oct 3 11:31:17 UTC 2014


Eoghan Glynn wrote:
> 
>> As promised at this week’s TC meeting, I have applied the various blog posts
>> and mailing list threads related to changing our governance model to a
>> series of patches against the openstack/governance repository [1].
>>
>> I have tried to include all of the inputs, as well as my own opinions, and
>> look at how each proposal needs to be reflected in our current policies so
>> we do not drop commitments we want to retain along with the processes we are
>> shedding [2].
>>
>> I am sure we need more discussion, so I have staged the changes as a series
>> rather than one big patch. Please consider the patches together when
>> commenting. There are many related changes, and some incremental steps won’t
>> make sense without the changes that come after (hey, just like code!).
> 
> Thanks Doug for moving this discussion out of the blogosphere and
> into gerrit. That will be very helpful in driving the discussion
> forward.
> 
> However, given the proximity of the TC elections, should these all
> patches all be workflow -1'd as WIP to ensure nothing lands before
> the incoming TC is ratified?
> 
> (I'm assuming here that the decision-making on these fairly radical
> proposals should rest with the new post-election TC - is that a
> correct assumption?)

Yes, those would be voted on by the kilo-membership of the TC. If the
current membership decides to meet during the election season, it will
be to discuss/brainstorm things, not to finalize or vote on them.

-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)



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