[GRASS-PSC] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Should old Project Steering Committee members be put out to pasture?

[Scott Mitchell]

Agreed, as long as it follows the "the PSC reserves the right to seek  
nominations to replace ..." logic (emphasis on the "reserves the  
right") - after all, it's not like we're going to start  
systematically tracking everyone's contributions and have multiple  
clocks running, but having a policy to deal with a disappeared member  
makes sense.

Scott

On 17 Jul 2007, at 12:21, Dylan Beaudette wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 6 months seems like a good amount of time. Given that we have a  
> large number
> of voters, we should be able reach a quorum with 1 or 2 inactive  
> members.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dylan
>
>
> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 07:59, Helena Mitasova wrote:
>> On Jul 17, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
>>> Hi GRASS-PSC,
>>>
>>> this discussion could become relevant also for us...
>>>
>>> Markus
>>
>> I was looking at it too - given the way how GRASS development  
>> functions
>> two months inactive period that Mapserver is using is way too short
>> for us
>> but having a similar provision for members who may even forget  
>> that they
>> are PSC members would be useful, maybe for 1 year or 6 months
>> inactivity?
>>
>> Helena
>>
>>> On 7/17/07, Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com> wrote:
>>>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>> Should the developer step down from the Project Steering  
>>>>> Committee?
>>>>> Should the developer be offered a new title - "Project's Honoured
>>>>> Grandfather" or similar?
>>>>>
>>>>> What do other OSGeo projects do with their old guard?
>>>>
>>>> FYI here is what MapServer's PSC Guidelines says about PSC members
>>>> who
>>>> stop being active:
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------
>>>> Stepping Down
>>>>
>>>> If for any reason a PSC member is not able to fully participate  
>>>> then
>>>> they certainly are free to step down. If a member is not active
>>>> (e.g. no
>>>> voting, no IRC or email participation) for a period of two months
>>>> then
>>>> the committee reserves the right to seek nominations to fill that
>>>> position.
>>>>
>>>> Should that person become active again (hey, it happens) then they
>>>> would
>>>> certainly be welcome, but would require a nomination.
>>>> ---------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Note that we've had PSC members go quiet for a little while but  
>>>> have
>>>> never had to force replacing anyone yet. I think we'd use that
>>>> rule only
>>>> in extreme situations where the non-participating members become a
>>>> problem for the PSC's normal operations.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>> --
>>>> Daniel Morissette
>>>> http://www.mapgears.com/
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