[Evergreen-governance-l] Basic rules of governance draft

[Dan Scott]

Hi:

As promised at the last Governance Committee meeting, I've drafted a
Rules of Governance document that attempts to reflect our current
reality (we're bootstrapping an Oversight Board for the Evergreen
software project so that we can join the Software Conservancy as a
member in a fiscal sponsorship agreement) with some additional structure
(Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary) and some minimalist rules for how the
rules of governance can be amended. This draft also asserts that the
Board is is responsible for the overall policy and direction of the
Project, and that the Board does not generally implement practices, but
instead relies on the recognized community leadership within the
Project to do so. (I've adapted some of this text from the Fedora
Project board document, as noted in the license statement at the
bottom).

My thought is that it's still too premature to try and get agreement on
Board replacement mechanisms, election procedures, individual membership
definitions, etc, but by providing a mechanism for amending the Rules of
Governance we can define those in a more deliberative, reflective
fashion while hopefully enjoying the benefits of membership in the
Conservancy. Essentially, we should be able to start with a core set of
rules on which we can agree, and then uses the amendment mechanism to
evolve the Rules of Governance to encompass further aspects on which we
reach agreement over time.

I have posted the documents at
http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=governance:structure#rules_of_governance
and also attached the OpenDocument and PDF versions here for your
convenience.

Bradley, obviously if there is anything that is a show-stopper for the
Conservancy in the current draft, or if you have suggestions for
modifications or enhancements, we're all ears :)

Dan
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