[od-discuss] broader community notice in license approval/OD update process (was Re: Nominate Aaron Wolf for Open Definition Advisory Council membership)

Sun Nov 16 10:41:11 UTC 2014

On 15 November 2014 22:08, Mike Linksvayer <ml at gondwanaland.com> wrote:

> Formalization of broader community feedback might make it look like:
>
> "1. After submission, the Open Definition community will discuss on
> the mailing list and reach consensus.
> 2. The Open Definition Advisory Council chair will summarize the
> consensus to the Advisory Council on the mailing list and to other
> relevant fora, okfn-discss at a minimum.
> 3a. If over next two weeks issues are raised which indicate a
> different consensus or further discussion needed, chair will step
> process back to first or second step as appropriate.
> 3b. Otherwise, chair calls for formal approval of consensus by Advisory
> Council.
> 4. If after two weeks at least three Advisory Council members approve
> the consensus summary on-list, and at least 75% of Advisory Council
> members expressing an opinion on the summary if any dissent, the
> website will be updated, and announcements made to public and
> submitter, as appropriate.

This looks very sensible. I'd suggest on (2) that as well as okfn-discuss,
the lists of Open Knowledge local group and working group coordinators be
informed. They can gather responses from their respective groups and feed
them back. This would also help secure good input from international
perspectives, as well as specialist topic areas.

Laura
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