<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, I am willing to help by serving on the OSI-editor list, and I support the other candidates as well. <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>As a point of clarification, I do have one question. Am I correct in my understanding that the osi-editors list was proposed to fulfill an essentially organizational need (to aid in the tasks listed below)...leaving substantive discussion and up-or-down voting on submitted licenses as a function of the license-discuss list, which will still have an open membership? <div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>- Rod </div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span> </div><br><div><div>On Nov 21, 2007, at 10:39 PM, Ernest Prabhakar wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>A *huge* thanks to Zak for his tireless efforts in setting up -- and populating -- a new OSI issue tracking system. </div><div><br> </div><div><a href="https://osi.osuosl.org/wiki" target="_blank">https://osi.osuosl.org/wiki</a></div><div><br></div><div>We are actively looking at how to better integrate this into our ongoing processes, in order to improve our responsiveness to community concerns. As part of that, we realize we need a larger team help manage the flow of tickets, and also improve the currently informal "lore" around OSI and License Discuss. </div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, we are announcing the creation of a new "osi-editors" mailing list. This list would be responsible for:</div><div><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>* ensuring license review discussions are properly captured in the trac database </div><div><div><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>* managing the flow of general trac tickets<br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>* maintaining a FAQ on OSI Licensing issues<br></div><div>and also:</div> <div><span style="white-space:pre"> </span>* reviewing requests for new editors to join the list<br></div><div><br></div><div>The idea is that the osi-editors list would be composed of long-term license-discuss members who have demonstrated their commitment to the community. While the Board retains the final authority to approve or decline licenses, the OSI Editors give the community a stronger voice in shaping the debate (and can help hold the Board accountable for following the process)! </div><div><br></div><div>As an initial pool of candidates, here are several individuals who have been consistently helpful and active over the last couple years -- and represent a diverse range of viewpoints!</div><div> <br></div><div><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Courier;font-size:11px;white-space:pre-wrap">- Brian Behlendorf - John Cowan - Rod Dixon - Chris DiBona - Mike Milkinovich - Rick Moen - Simon Phipps - Allison Randall - Larry Rosen - Chuck Swiger - Ben Tilly - Andrew Wilson </span></div><div><font face="Courier" size="3"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:11px;white-space:pre-wrap">- Zak Greant</span></font></div><div><font face="Courier" size="3"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:11px;white-space:pre-wrap"> <br></span></font></div><div><font face="Courier" size="3"><span style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:11px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;white-space:normal"> <div>We encourage all of you (as members of license-discuss) to vote (+1 / -1) on these candidates, as well as suggest your own. Please keep votes on this subject line (thread), and start a new thread for any side discussions. </div><div><br></div><div>If you *are* one of these candidates, please let us know whether you are (un)willing to serve in this capacity.</div><div><br></div><div>We will monitor the responses (using Trac :-), and plan to announce the results on December 1st. </div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div>Ernest Prabhakar</div><div>OSI Board Observer</div></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>