<p dir="ltr">If chairing means scheduling and chairing meetings, proposing agendas and reporting back to OSI on the group's progress, I could do that. <br>
Deb</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 4, 2016 5:01 PM, "Karl Fogel" <<a href="mailto:kfogel@red-bean.com">kfogel@red-bean.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Allison Randal <<a href="mailto:allison@opensource.org">allison@opensource.org</a>> writes:<br>
>The difference between a mailing list and an "official" working group is<br>
>a simple process where we explain to the OSI board what we want to do,<br>
>and the board says "that makes sense". I've put together a first draft<br>
>using the standard template, could you all take a look and see whether<br>
>I've captured the idea behind the group? Feel free to suggest any<br>
>changes or make them directly to the wiki page:<br>
><br>
><a href="https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/Beyond+Licensing+Working+Group+Proposal" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Projects/Beyond+Licensing+Working+Group+Proposal</a><br>
><br>
>Karl, no obligation to be chair of the group, you were the first<br>
>volunteer and the one who named the group, so seemed like a logical fit.<br>
<br>
Thanks -- I wish I could chair, but I wouldn't be able to do so reliably (my company takes appx all my time). I'm good for kibbitzing and tossing up ideas, but that's about all I can manage right now, alas. Would someone else like to chair?<br>
<br>
The working group charter looks good!<br>
<br>
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