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| {*} The Edubuntu Council oversees Edubuntu, providing technical guidance, community governance, and ensuring the health of the project. | * The Edubuntu Council oversees Edubuntu, providing technical guidance, community governance, and ensuring the health of the project. |
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| * A mailing-list exists for the edubuntu-council at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-council but it should only be used for those very few cases where a private conversation with the council needs to happen. For any other discussions, please use the public IRC channel (#edubuntu) or one of the two public mailing-lists. | |
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| === Edubuntu Council Meeting Agenda === Next meeting: (To be decided, see "Meetings" below) Agenda: * Sample Agenda Item === EC Members === |
=== EC Members 2011/2012 === |
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| * Richard Johnson (nixternal) | |
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| * Jordan Erickson (Lns) | * Marc Gariépy (mgariepy) |
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| === EC Charter (draft) === | A quorum shall consist of 3 EC members. === EC Charter === |
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| * Normally consist of 5 members; | * Normally consist of at least 5 members; |
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| * Have a quorum of 3 members; | * Have a quorum of at least half the members plus one additional member; |
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| * serve for 1 year, elections will run 11 months after EC members have been elected. It may be decided that the term be changed to 2 years after the elections in 2010. * (what about chairman? edubuntu leader?) * (will chairman decide on split votes?) |
* Serve for 2 years, elections will run a month before EC members expire. * Have a rotating chairman for each EC meeting based alphabetically on IRC nickname, in the event of a split vote the chairman will have an additional vote. |
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| === Role of Edubuntu Council (currently in discussion with the EC) === | === Role of Edubuntu Council === |
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| Edubuntu meetings take place every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. When there are issues requiring the attention of the council it is also made an Edubuntu Council meeting. Please refer to our [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Meetings/Agenda|Meetings Page] for more information. | Edubuntu meetings take place every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. When there are issues requiring the attention of the council it is also made an Edubuntu Council meeting. Please refer to our [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Meetings/Agenda|Meetings Page]] for more information. |
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| === Elections (currently under discussion) === | === Elections === |
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| ==== Current Items with the Community council ==== * EC Elections * EC documentation (this page) * Regularity of meetings * Team reports * Reporting of new members * Plans in the Edubuntu world |
- The Edubuntu Council oversees Edubuntu, providing technical guidance, community governance, and ensuring the health of the project.
Launchpad Home: https://launchpad.net/~edubuntu-council
Community Council Delegate: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil/Delegation
A mailing-list exists for the edubuntu-council at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-council but it should only be used for those very few cases where a private conversation with the council needs to happen. For any other discussions, please use the public IRC channel (#edubuntu) or one of the two public mailing-lists.
EC Members 2011/2012
- Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
- Stéphane Graber (stgraber)
- Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)
- Alkis Georgopoulos (alkisg)
- Marc Gariépy (mgariepy)
A quorum shall consist of 3 EC members.
EC Charter
The Edubuntu Council will:
- Normally consist of at least 5 members;
- Be nominated by ~ubuntu-members and;
- Be voted in by ~edubuntu-members with supervision by the Community Council;
- Have a quorum of at least half the members plus one additional member;
- Have regular meetings that will be held publicly in #ubuntu-meeting;
- Serve for 2 years, elections will run a month before EC members expire.
- Have a rotating chairman for each EC meeting based alphabetically on IRC nickname, in the event of a split vote the chairman will have an additional vote.
Role of Edubuntu Council
- Technical aspects of Edubuntu:
- Release management
- Feature specification approval
- Community aspects of Edubuntu:
- Approval of new Edubuntu Member applications (during EC meetings, normally every two weeks)
- Conflict resolution and escalation to Community Council
- Reporting to the Community Council
- Maintain the various Edubuntu LP Teams
Meetings
Edubuntu meetings take place every Wednesday at 19:00 UTC. When there are issues requiring the attention of the council it is also made an Edubuntu Council meeting. Please refer to our Meetings Page for more information.
Reporting
The Edubuntu Council shall send a report to the Community Council after any EC meeting introducing new members and summarizing any other decisions and actions that have been taken.
Elections
For Edubuntu Council elections, the Edubuntu Council will announce it publicly trough the Edubuntu mailing lists and the Fridge. Ubuntu members will be able to make nominations by contacting the Edubuntu council. The Edubuntu Council will then forward the list of nominees to the Community Council. The Community Council will set up a vote for Edubuntu Members on Launchpad and announce the results of the election. In the case where the new Edubuntu Council member is not an Edubuntu Member, they will receive Edubuntu Membership concurrently.
Edubuntu/Council (last edited 2012-11-08 14:28:44 by stgraber)