Update 2012 May 09: I've posted the video of the presentation
Update 2012 May 14: I've also posted the draft Intellectual Property policy and Workgroup Participation Agreement.
In a presentation this morning, Kartik Kanakasabesan presented a proposal for a new governance model for the OSLC community.
Some key features of this governance model are:
- Creation of a Steering Committee: The Steering Committee will provide non-partisan decision making for the OSLC community while mostly allowing the various workgroups to govern themselves
- Definition of OSLC membership: In the past this was not clearly defined, and we would like to clarify the rights and privileges of OSLC membership
- Clarity in the decision-making process: We want to have an official, open decision-making process defined for the community, our workgroups, and the Steering Committee
- More comprehensive intellectual property (IP) agreements: The new Member Agreement and Workgroup Participation Agreement will make it easier for the community to submit specifications to standards organizations such as W3C or OASIS
- Changed web infrastructure to support the changed IP rules: Members will have to agree to the IP rules before they can contribute to workgroups
More details are provided in the presentation slides (.pdf) from May 8th.
The drafts of the proposed Bylaws and Member Agreement are posted on the wiki, and we've opened threads to discuss them on the forum.
| Document | Downloads | Forum threads |
|---|---|---|
| Presentation slides | Discuss the proposed changes (in general) | |
| Bylaws | MS Word (.doc) or .pdf | Discuss the draft bylaws |
| Members agreement | MS Word (.doc) or .pdf | Discuss the draft members agreement |
These documents will affect everyone that continues to participate in the OSLC community. Please review these and provide your feedback.
Upcoming presentation/discussion: Question and Answer session for the updated governance model
Update 2012 May 16: This presentation has been cancelled.
We will be hosting another webcast on May 15th at 11am Eastern (8am Pacific / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET) to answer any questions about the new governance model.
Date & Time
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
11:00am Eastern Time (8:00am Pacific / 4:00pm GMT / 5:00pm CET)
We're planning to have an open question and answer for one hour.
If you can't make it, we'll post a recording as soon as it's available.
Watch it live
During the presentation, watch live at the Webdialogs site.
For the audio, call in to the following:
- USA & Canada Toll free: 1-866-245-5059
- Global toll-free: 800-4444-1010 (preface with call-to-Canada/US code)
The conference ID is 8656837, and the security code is 235813.
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