Open Stack

Thanks Mark.

What do you think about the project selection for ATC designation? Is it
the Technical Committee Approved set of projects? I don't think it's
accurate just to delete the word "Core" there.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Radcliffe, Mark <
Mark.Radcliffe at dlapiper.com> wrote:

>  I am fine with changing TC to Technical Committee and ATC to Active
> Technical Contributor.
>
>
>
> *From:* annegentle at justwriteclick.com [mailto:
> annegentle at justwriteclick.com] *On Behalf Of *Anne Gentle
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2014 6:16 AM
> *To:* Thierry Carrez; Radcliffe, Mark
> *Cc:* openstack-tc at lists.openstack.org
> *Subject:* Re: [openstack-tc] Fwd: Revised Bylaws
>
>
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> Thanks for the summary, super helpful.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> Similarly, let's spell out ATC as Active Technical Contributor. One line I
> would like to clarify is "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]
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anne
>
>
>
> 1.
> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/TechnicalCommittee
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:59 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org>
> wrote:
>
> FYI
> (forwarded at Mark Radcliffe's request)
>
> -------- Message transféré --------
> Sujet : Revised Bylaws
> Date : Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:35:09 +0000
> De : Radcliffe, Mark <Mark.Radcliffe at dlapiper.com>
> Pour : openstack-tc-owner at lists.openstack.org
> <openstack-tc-owner at lists.openstack.org>, Stefano Maffulli
> <stefano at openstack.org>
> Copie à : Jonathan Bryce <jonathan at openstack.org>, Alan Clark
> <aclark at suse.com>
>
> This email is a follow up to the discussion at the joint Technical
> Committee/Board meeting at the Paris Summit. I am enclosing  the final
> draft of the revised bylaws.   As you know, the DefCore process has
> developed a process for managing the application of trademarks to the
> OpenStack Project.  The original bylaws provided for very detailed (and
> inflexible) approach to the use of trademarks and the modification of
> the Core OpenStack Project.  The proposed revisions are meant to provide
> flexibility to adopt the Defcore procedures and any changes to those
> procedures in the future. These changes have included input from the
> Legal Affairs Committee, OpenStack Foundation management and the Defcore
> Committee.  Please provide me with any comments by noon on Thursday,
> November 20.  We will also be sending a similar email to the Board and
> the Defcore Committee.  The drafts can be found at
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eztcbk8tvxouqfb/AABX8D6g8jns3Cp_4OGthc7Oa?dl=0
>
> After considering and incorporating any relevant comments, the
> Foundation is planning to have a Board meeting in the first week of
> December to approve the final draft.  Then, such draft will be put on
> the Foundation website to prepare for approval by the Individual Members
> as part of their election of Individual Directors.
>
> 1. Revisions for Determination Core and Trademark Policy.
>    a. Shift from two to three categories of software
>       i. Current bylaws
>          A. OpenStack Project
>          B. Core OpenStack Project
>       ii.Revised bylaws
>          A. OpenStack Project
>          B. OpenStack TC Approved Release
>          C. Trademark Designated OpenStack Software
>    b. Change in determination of Trademark Designated OpenStack Software
> by the Board
>       i. Current bylaws
>          A. Modules: Block Storage, Compute, Dashboard, Identity
> Service, Image Service, Networking, and Object Storage
>          B. Add/Remove Modules Process: Proposed by Technical Committee
> and approved by the Board of Directors ("Board")
>          C. This  provision can only be changed by a vote of the Board
> and the affirmative vote of (i) two-thirds of the Gold Members, (ii)
> two-thirds of the Platinum Members, and (iii) a majority of the
> Individual Members voting (but only if at least 25% of the Individual
> Members voting  at an  annual or special
> meeting).
>       ii. Revised bylaws
>          A. Trademark Designated OpenStack Software:  Process for
> determining Trademark Designated OpenStack Software will be determined
> by the Board and does not need any vote by the members, but changes in
> process require Technical Committee approval (i.e. change from DefCore)
>          B. OpenStack TC Approved Release (formerly Integrated
> Release):  Determined by Technical Committee but "Trademark Designated
> OpenStack Software" can be deleted from OpenStack TC Approved Release
> only with permission of Board
>    c. Change in management of trademarks
>       i. Current bylaws
>          A. Trademarks governed by detailed trademark policy in Appendix 8
>          B. This  provision can only be changed by a vote of the Board
> and the affirmative vote of (i) two-thirds of the Gold Members, (ii)
> two-thirds of the Platinum Members, and (iii) a majority of the
> Individual Members voting (but only if at least 25% of the Individual
> Members vote at  an  annual or special meeting).
>       ii. Revised bylaws
>          A. Trademarks will be governed by a trademark policy to be
> determined by the Board and does not need any vote by the members
>
> 2. Determination of ATC
>    a. Current bylaws: ATC must contribute to Core OpenStack Project.
>    b. Revised bylaws: ATC must contribute to  OpenStack Project .
>
>
> Separate Approval  (at the request of DefCore)
>
> 1. Legal Affairs Committee
>    a. Current bylaws: Legal Affairs Committee currently is limited to
> five members (but eleven lawyers are attending).
>    b. Revised bylaws: The Board can set the criteria for membership on
> the Legal Affairs Committee.
>
> 2. Quorum for Individual Members to Amend the Bylaws
>    a. Current bylaws: A majority of the Individual Members voting (but
> only if at least 25% of the Individual Members vote at  an  annual or
> special meeting).    This vote was selected rather arbitrarily at the
> time the bylaws were drafted and did not anticipate the number of
> Individual Members which have joined the Foundation. The 2014 election
> for Individual Directors  had participation of only [11%] of the
> Individual Members.
>    b. Revised bylaws: A majority of the Individual Members voting (but
> only if at least 10% of the Individual Members vote at  an  annual or
> special meeting).
>
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