[Framework-Team] Notes from Framework Team Meeting in DC

Raphael Ritz raphael.ritz at incf.org
Tue Oct 21 06:31:46 UTC 2008


Tom Lazar wrote:
> thanks stve for the concise write up. this kind of stuff (i.e. putting 
> consensus into written form) is very important imho. personally, i 
> think your write up (and the decisions we reached during the meeting) 
> strike a very good balance between being too formal and thus 
> restricting on the one hand and too vague (and thus useless) on the 
> other.
>
> i would like to suggest that we post your writeup onto the framework 
> team page at plone.org as a first step towards the transparency it 
> itself mentions. any objections?

Fine with me.

And also from my side a big thanks to Steve!
(too bad I couldn't be there ...)

Raphael


>
> cheers,
>
> tom
>
> On 20.10.2008, at 00:20, Steve McMahon wrote:
>
>> Here are my notes from the DC Framework Team meeting. Please discuss 
>> anything I've missed, gotten wrong, or stated too absolutely. We'll 
>> eventually codify the consensus version somewhere on Plone.Org.
>>
>> Thanks, Steve
>>
>> Mission
>> ----------
>>
>> The Framework Team is the gatekeeper for determining which Plone 
>> Improvement Proposals (PLIPS) are incorporated into particular 
>> versions of Plone.
>>
>> The team recruits release manager candidates and recommends them to 
>> the Plone Foundation Board.
>>
>> The team makes recommendations to the release manager for which PLIPS 
>> should be incorporated into Plone.
>>
>> Neither the team nor the release manager set the long-term vision for 
>> Plone. That is done by the Plone Community. The team is reponsible 
>> for taking community opinion and strategic goals into account when 
>> considering improvement proposals. The team has an obligation to 
>> account to the community for its decisions on Plone features.
>>
>> Framework Team Procedures
>> ---------------------------------------
>>
>> Decisions on procedures and structure are to be made by consensus.
>>
>> The PLIP decision-making process should be transparent to the 
>> community. Recruiting discussions may be private.
>>
>> The Framework Team is self-perpetuating. It chooses members for 
>> itself and successor teams in consultation with team alumni. Criteria 
>> for choice may include a desire for diverse, in-depth experience, and 
>> the ability of candidates to work well in concert with existing and 
>> other proposed members. The number of members is flexible, and should 
>> ideally be odd.
>>
>> The team is not a formal committee of the Plone Foundation, but is 
>> expected to coordinate with the foundation board as necessary to 
>> achieve its mission.
>>
>> Recommendations to the release manager are made by voting on PLIPs. 
>> At least two team members should review every PLIP in depth. Ideally 
>> everyone should vote on every PLIP.
>>
>> The team may ask/appoint non-members to assist in secretarial, 
>> organizational and communication roles.
>>
>> Plone 3 and 4
>> -------------------
>>
>> We anticipate that Plone 3.x will be maintained and improved well 
>> into the development of Plone 4.x, and possibly after its release.
>>
>> The 3.x framework team will stay largely intact so long as feature 
>> improvements to 3.x are under consideration.
>>
>> The 3.x team will begin by end of month to recruit for a 4.x team. A 
>> call will be made to the community asking for applications. The 4.x 
>> team should be in place by January 30th, and one of its first acts 
>> should be to recommend a 4.x release manager to the board.
>>
>> Jon Stahl, Geir Bækholt, Steve McMahon and Matt Bowen have all 
>> volunteered to provide organizational, secretarial and communication 
>> assistance for the teams.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Steve McMahon
>> Reid-McMahon, LLC
>> steve at reidmcmahon.com
>> steve at dcn.org
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