#108: Proposal for Ammendment to the IRC Support SIG Policy
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Reporter: dp67 | Owner:
Type: feedback | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: Fedora 16
Version: 2.0 | Severity: Neutral
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
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Comment (by bjensen):
Replying to [comment:10 dp67]:
OK, here's a suggestion for the policy page.
Wiki-Sandbox
https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dp67/sandbox/irc-sig
Complete wiki-markup:
https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=User:Dp67/sandbox/irc-
sig&action=edit
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= IRC Support SIG =
= What Is The IRC Support SIG =
The [[Irc| IRC]] (Internet relay chat) Support
[
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Interest_Group SIG] (Special
interest group), is a group of people who seek to improve support users
get in #fedora and promote a fun social area in #fedora-social.
= Members =
Anyone can be a member of the SIG. Just start helping others in #fedora,
chatting with others in #fedora-social and attend our weekly meetings in
#fedora-meeting at 17:00UTC (Noon EST) on Thursdays each week.
= Channels =
Currently the SIG controls/manages the following channels:
* #fedora - This is the main support channel
* #fedora-social - This is the main social channel.
* #fedora-unregistered - This channel is used to hold unregistered with
freenode folks before they join #fedora for support. Channel operators of
#fedora and #fedora-social are also operators of this channel if they
wish.
* #fedora-ops - This channel is for coordinating and discussing
management of the other 3 channels above. All #fedora and #fedora-social
operators are also operators in this channel by default.
Operators in #fedora, #fedora-social and/or #fedora-unregisterd are
welcome to join and idle in #fedora-ops.
Invited contributors can be allowed temporary invitee status by
nomination from an op and a second from any other operator for a maximum
of 2 weeks. For longer term invitee status a vote should be required as
defined below.
Those not in the above 2 groups are welcome to join and discuss an issue
or concern from the other 3 channels, but are asked to then depart after
their issue or concern is noted.
= Voting Members And Voting =
A subset, irc-support-operators [[FAS]] group, of the SIG will be voting
members and be able to vote on issues brought up for a vote before the
SIG.
* Voting members are anyone who is an operator in any of the above
listed channels (4 channels as of 2012-05-11), anyone voted in as a voting
member, and the FPL (Fedora Project Leader) only in the case of a tie
vote. Voting members should remember to listen to the community as a whole
when making decisions.
* In all cases (aside from promoting/removing members), broad consensus
should be attempted first and if no clear consensus can be reached a vote
should be taken. All new operator/voting member tickets require a vote.
= Items Requiring Votes =
All tickets requiring a vote must have 2 meetings: one for discussion,
one only for final voting. At the discretion of the nominator and/or the
primary chair for the meeting, voting can be extended before or at either
of these meetings. The ticket should include the discussion meeting date
and voting meeting date. At this time meetings are held on Thursdays, a
ticket filed on Tuesday or Wednesday does not have to be discussed at that
Thursday's meeting at the discretion of the nominator and/or the primary
chair for that week's meeting. Should the primary chair of the discussion
or voting meeting feel more time is needed they have the option of
extending the discussion period there by changing the vote date, this
should be noted in the ticket description.
Voting members and the community will have a chance to discuss items
requiring a vote in an open forum at the discussion meeting prior to
casting their vote.
After the discussion meeting the ticket will be voted on by using the
ticket system and the final voting meeting. A +1 means a yay (yes) and a
-1 means a nay (no) with a +0 ([
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/abstain
abstain]) option. Any final issues should be brought up on the ticket
during this period.
At the final voting meeting, all votes from the ticket will be tallied
and voting members will be queried for votes if they have not or if they
would like to change their posted vote on the ticket. These ticket items
should be brought up as the last order of business for the final voting
meeting before the open floor. Wherein the ticket is either passed or
denied based on the majority of +1/-1 votes, abstaining (+0/-0) votes not
being counted. In the case of a tie the sig should ask the FPL to either
have the final word or appoint a non-voting member to do so for them. The
final voting meeting is not a time for discussion, all discussion should
be taken care of at the discussion meeting or on the nomination ticket
prior to the final voting meeting.
= Operator/Voting Member Tickets =
New operators/voting members are nominated by existing operators and/or
voting members using the ticketing system. If you are interested in one of
these positions please contact an existing member to sponsor and nominate
you. Please include the nominee's primary IRC nick and what channels they
are being nominated for in the ticket subject. Nominees are encouraged to
be active on the ticket for their nomination and to attend the discussion
meeting so they can respond to any questions or address any concerns if
they are able, this is not required.
Existing operators/voting members can be removed in roughly the same way
as the process to add them. Inactive members can be removed if there is a
majority vote as described in the voting part of this document.
When and if other channels wish to join the sig, rules for that can be
added for that channel.
= Mailing List =
The [[IRC_support_sig| IRC Support SIG]] has an open mailing list
(subscribe to post) at: [
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo
/irc-support-sig
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/irc-
support-sig]
General ideas or discussion welcome there.
= Trac Instance =
The [[IRC_support_sig| IRC Support SIG]] has a trac instance at
[
https://fedorahosted.org/irc-support-sig/ https://fedorahosted.org/irc-
support-sig]
Use your Fedora account ([[FAS]]) to login and leave us a ticket.
= FAQ =
'''Q''': I wish to bring up an issue to the sig, how can I do
that?
'''A''': Please file a trac ticket on our trac instance:
[
https://fedorahosted.org/irc-support-sig/ irc-support-sig] it will be
looked at at the next meeting.
+1 for this revision in it's entirety. I see no problems or room for
confusion.
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