Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: OpenACS Core Team Selection Issues

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8: Re: OpenACS Core Team Selection Issues (response to 1)
Posted by Danielle Hickie on 08/28/03 11:33 AM
Hello everyone,

Just popped in to write that I'd like the selection process to keep in mind people who aren't necessarily programmers. A healthy community needs all types of voices. If possible, it would be nice to see some faces from the South, and some women involved.

Just my two cents,
Dani

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9: Re: OpenACS Core Team Selection Issues (response to 8)
Posted by Joel Aufrecht on 08/28/03 01:25 PM
Some possible ways to get more qualified voters:
  • allow currently qualified voters to each invite one person
  • Allow anybody to vote if they register on OpenACS.org before a certain date
  • Here's how Apache does it:
    The Apache Software Foundation is a meritocracy, which means that in order to become a member you must first be actively contributing to one or more of the Foundation's collaborative projects. New candidates for membership are nominated by an existing member and then put to vote; a majority of the existing membership must approve a candidate in order to the candidate to be accepted.

    They have about a hundred members and a board of nine.

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10: Re: OpenACS Core Team Selection Issues (response to 8)
Posted by Carl Robert Blesius on 08/28/03 06:27 PM
What about a bonus system that allows people earn the right to vote from the community itself. Something along the lines of the Slashdot Karma/moderation systems. http://www.definedesign.org/article.php?sid=77 (link from a quick google search)
We have the tools to do it, it would force us to define what a good OpenACS citizen is, and it is something we could use in an educational setting as well.