[PSF-Community] PSF-Community Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2

Fri Nov 4 14:19:38 EDT 2016

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>    1. PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group
>       (Ewa Jodlowska)
>    2. Re: PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow Working Group
>       (M.-A. Lemburg)
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> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 09:16:17 -0500
> From: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org>
> To: PSF Community <psf-community at python.org>, psf-vote at python.org
> Cc: psf-fellow at python.org
> Subject: [PSF-Community] PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow
>         Working Group
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> Dear members,
>
> We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF Fellow
> members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can only come
> from a current fellow or from a designated work group. Furthermore, it is
> required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the eligible voters. To make
> this a more inclusive process and to make it a labor-saving process, the
> board would like to propose the following changes to the bylaws (
> https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/):
>
>    1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read:
>       - To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be
>       nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the corporation
>       or a specially chartered Working Group, which nomination should be
> based
>       upon certain criteria to be established by the Board of
> Directors and which
>       criteria shall be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions.
>    2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read:
>       - Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group
>       voting members shall be required in order for a member to become
> a Fellow.
>       - *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of two-thirds
>       (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be required in order for
> a
>       member to become a Fellow.
>
> We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before we
> send them to the Bylaws Working Group.
> ________________________________
>
> We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working
> Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies
> (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the
> group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board:
>
>    - Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board of
>    directors who want to have oversight or a member who is interested in
> the
>    process but does not want to commit to voting). To promote a diverse
>    membership, the Working Group will aim to pick membership by
>    first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from one geographic
> region
>    (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern Europe, European Union,
> Middle
>    East, North America, Oceania, South America, The Caribbean).
>    - All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members
>    - 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow
>    nomination
>    - Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting
>    members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt out of
>    the working group.
>    - Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will be
>    asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member.
>
> If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working
> Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself, Naomi
> Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together work on a
> charter.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ewa Jodlowska
> Python Software Foundation
> Director of Operations
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> Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:10:52 +0100
> From: "M.-A. Lemburg" <mal at python.org>
> To: Ewa Jodlowska <ewa at python.org>, PSF Community
>         <psf-community at python.org>,  psf-vote at python.org
> Cc: psf-fellow at python.org
> Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] PSF Fellow Nomination Process & Fellow
>         Working Group
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> Thank you for driving this, Ewa.
>
> While you are making changes to the bylaws regarding Fellows,
> please also consider that we reintroduce the possibility of
> Fellows to convert from emeritus status back to Fellow status
> without having to go through the whole process again, as we
> had in the V1 bylaws (section 4.8 - see
> http://legacy.python.org/psf/bylaws/).
>
> Thanks.
>
> On 04.11.2016 15:16, Ewa Jodlowska wrote:
> > Dear members,
> >
> > We have started to address the lack of process for voting in new PSF
> > Fellow members. Currently, when someone is nominated, the nomination can
> > only come from a current fellow or from a designated work group.
> > Furthermore, it is required that the approval be done by 2/3 of the
> > eligible voters. To make this a more inclusive process and to make it a
> > labor-saving process, the board would like to propose the following
> > changes to the bylaws (https://www.python.org/psf/bylaws/):
> >
> >  1. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read:
> >       * To be eligible for membership as a Fellow, a member must be
> >         nominated by a member *[changed fellow to member]* of the
> >         corporation or a specially chartered Working Group, which
> >         nomination should be based upon certain criteria to be
> >         established by the Board of Directors and which criteria shall
> >         be designed to emphasize extraordinary contributions.
> >  2. Adjust Section 4.9 of the bylaws to read:
> >       * Following such nomination, approval of chartered Working Group
> >         voting members shall be required in order for a member to become
> >         a Fellow.
> >       * *changed from:* Following such nomination, approval of
> >         two-thirds (2/3) of the members entitled to vote shall be
> >         required in order for a member to become a Fellow.
> >
> > We wanted to inform the PSF membership of these proposed changes before
> > we send them to the Bylaws Working Group.
> > ________________________________
> >
> > We have also suggested a starting point for the to-be chartered Working
> > Group (https://wiki.python.org/psf/FellowWG) with the following policies
> > (not to be included in bylaws). These can be discussed more within the
> > group before the Working Group charter is approved by the board:
> >
> >   * Up to 15 voting WG members and 5 non-voting members (could be board
> >     of directors who want to have oversight or a member who is
> >     interested in the process but does not want to commit to voting). To
> >     promote a diverse membership, the Working Group will aim to pick
> >     membership by first-come-first-serve and allow up to 3 people from
> >     one geographic region (for ex Africa,Asia,Central America, Eastern
> >     Europe, European Union, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South
> >     America, The Caribbean).
> >   * All voting WG members must also be PSF Fellow Members
> >   * 2/3 of the votes placed must be "aye" in order to approve the Fellow
> >     nomination
> >   * Every year after the new board is elected, we will ask WG voting
> >     members who is interested in continuing and who would like to opt
> >     out of the working group.
> >   * Voting WG members that do not vote in three consecutive votes will
> >     be asked to leave the WG so we can substitute in new member.
> >
> > If any current fellows would like to participate in the Fellow Working
> > Group, please let me know. We currently have three members: myself,
> > Naomi Ceder, and Kushal Das. Once we get more members, we will together
> > work on a charter.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Ewa Jodlowska
> > Python Software Foundation
> > Director of Operations
> >
> >
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> Marc-Andre Lemburg
> Python Software Foundation
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> http://www.malemburg.com/
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