From owner-freebsd-small Tue Jul 25 11:15:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from dreamwvr.com (24.66.207.153.ab.wave.home.com [24.66.207.153]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D64B737B7FD for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:15:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com) Received: from tyr.dreamwvr.com (unknown [192.168.26.101]) by dreamwvr.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 711743486; Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:15:20 -0600 (MDT) From: dreamwvr To: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" , freebsd-small@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On the future of freebsd-small Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:42:11 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00072512430306.00377@tyr.dreamwvr.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, i am game as well as to contribute perhaps space or web stuff if the actualy rollout is most likely a month out:-)) On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote: > Well, it appears that many people would like some radical change to our > group in order fire up some genuine progress and keep small FreeBSD from > dying. There seems to be a lot of support for establishing some formal > organization. I suggest we elect, as Albert said, a 'Captain'. > > This would be represent quite a jump from where we are now, but we can do > it if we try. There are three issues to address: (1) Are we sure everyone > wants this? (2) How should the vote be done? and (3) What will the > Captain's responsibilities/duties/powers be? > > (1) COMPLETENESS OF REPRESENTATION > > Before we do this, we need to ensure that we're doing what a good majority > of the active participants on this list want. If anyone does not want to > elect a Captain, then please speak up. I suggest we wait 2 days for this. > > (2) VOTING > > After we've passed the first question, it's time to start a voting > procedure. I suggest this one: > > 07/27 17:00 GMT - Begin accepting nominations > 07/29 17:00 GMT - End accepting nominations; begin voting > 07/31 17:00 GMT - End voting; tally > > I also suggest that we use this list as a voting medium; it's quick, easy > to use, and anyone can count the votes. > > (3) WHAT GOOD IS THE CAPTAIN? > > When we vote, we need to agree upon what we're getting by electing a > Captain. I suggest these basic ideas as to what a Captain is for: > > * a source for approval for significant commits by others > * someone to take patches to for committing > * delegation of duties, like finding someone to donate server space or > finding someone to maintain a web page. > * communication on the group's behalf with the mainline people > * administration of voting over future issues, like if or how to > change or replace the existing PicoBSD. > > Unless there are some negative replies to this, let's do it. > > =============================== > Jeffrey S. Sharp (XorAxAx) > jss@subatomix.com > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version 3.12 > GCS/IT/MU d-@ s-:+ a21 C++(++++) UBL+(+++$)> P L+(+++$)> > E+> W++ N+(++) o? K? w++$> !O M(-) !V PS+ PE Y PGP- t+ > 5 X+ R(+) tv+ b+ DI++(+++) G++ e> h--- r+++ y+++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message -- Reuters, London, February 29, 1998: Scientists have announced discovering a meteorite which will strike the earth in March, 2028. Millions of UNIX coders expressed relief for being spared the UNIX epoch "crisis" of 2038. _______________________________________________________________________ ************** DREAMWVR.COM - TOTAL INTERNET SERVICES **************** TOTAL DESIGN - DEVELOPMENT - INTEGRATION - SECURITY - Click Here.. ; DREAMWVR.COM - The Console of Many... 90 Topics Covered ; ; ->> LINUX Solution Provider and North American Distributor<<- "===0 PGP Key Available *************** "As Unique as the Company You Keep."***************** "If anyone speaks from DREAMWVR.COM its certainly not me:-)" ________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message