[Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] SoaS: Searching for Decision Panel volunteers.

[Peter Robinson]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 15:37, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Chris Ball <cjb at laptop.org> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Sebastian Dziallas has asked for clarity on how the SoaS distribution
>>> he maintains is going to be treated and considered by SL.  It doesn't
>>> seem that there's consensus, so we suggest forming a Decision Panel:
>>>
>>>   On the rare occasion of a contentious issue on which no general
>>>   consensus can be reached, the Oversight Board is responsible for
>>>   convening a Decision Panel. The Oversight Board will be responsible
>>>   for determining when a Decision Panel is required and for selecting
>>>   members for the Decision Panel. Members of the Oversight Board are
>>>   not permitted to serve on a Decision Panel. A Decision Panel will
>>>   solicit community input, discuss (in private if they deem it
>>>   necessary), reach a conclusion internally, and produce a report
>>>   documenting their conclusion. (Anyone may submit advice to a
>>>   Decision Panel.) The Oversight Board will review and ratify
>>>   Decision Panel reports.
>>>     -- http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance
>>>
>>> This mail is to ask for volunteers for the Decision Panel.  Volunteers
>>> can be anyone with an interest in the outcome, and the Oversight Board
>>> will then vote on (a) whether to convene the panel, (b) who should be
>>> on the panel, and probably (c) what the decision being paneled is.  :)
>>>
>>> Please volunteer by replying to this mail if you're interested, and
>>> please do so by Thursday September 24th so that we can run the vote
>>> at the Friday September 25th SLOBs meeting.
>>
>> I presume there's a defined amount of people on this panel. When and
>> where is the chosen panel announced?
>
> It's being discussed right now in the SLOBS meeting in #sugar-meeting.

Well I don't have access to IRC from the office and I'm not overly
disappointed. I look forward to the meeting summary being posted.

Peter