On 2019-01-17 20:41:49 +1300 (+1300), Zane Bitter wrote: [...] > I'm not sure we need to speculate, because as you know the TC and > PTLs literally were the same thing prior to 2014-ish. [...] Minor historical notes: the role now occupied by the TC was originally filled by a governance body known as the Project Oversight Committee which then later became the Project Policy Board (PPB). A description of our pre-foundation technical governance can still be found undisturbed and rotting in our wiki at the moment, should you be in the mood for a bit of light reading: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/OldModel The PPB was replaced by (but essentially renamed to) the Technical Committee in September 2012, as required in appendix 4 of the bylaws for the then-newly-formed OpenStack Foundation (note that the text there defining the initial TC election is slated for removal in the bylaws amendment currently up for a vote of the individual members): https://www.openstack.org/legal/technical-committee-member-policy/ The very first two TC elections did still include PTLs who had guaranteed TC seats: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/TCElectionsFall2012 https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/TC_Elections_Spring_2013 But the subsequent election in late 2013 switched to the free-for-all model we've come to know today with the adoption of the new TC Charter: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/TC_Elections_Spring_2013 Now I'm wondering whether we should form an OpenStack Historical Preservation Society. ;) -- Jeremy Stanley -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 963 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/attachments/20190117/ab50baca/attachment.sig>