[Foundation-discuss] OpenAFS needs people

[Dave Botsch]

So, one thing we need to get up on are what are the priorities?

Eg is finding someone to fill the various roles listed more important
than working on funding for a specific portion of OpenAFS?

Which role(s) are the most important? Are we looking at internal (oafs
community) vs external? Does it matter?

thanks.

On Tue, Oct 06, 2015 at 04:33:18PM +0000, Mark Vitale wrote:
> Dear OpenAFS Foundation members,
> 
> I am writing to you to pass on some thoughts recently exchanged in a recent OpenAFS release team meeting.  My goal is to represent these thoughts accurately and objectively, but of course I will err or forget some things, so I'm counting on others who were present to add to and/or correct what I say here.
> 
> Participants included:
> Stephan Weisand DESY
> Ben Kaduk	Akamai
> Daria Brashear	YFS
> Jeff Altman	YFS
> Mike Meffie	SNA
> Mark Vitale	SNA
> Jeff Hutzleman	CMU 
> (Participants, please forgive me if I've omitted anyone...)
> 
> Recently the OpenAFS community went through our well-defined process for nominating and electing a new co-chair for the OpenAFS standardization committee, Ben Kaduk.
> 
> Unfortunately, there are several additional OpenAFS roles that need to be filled, but the process to fill them was handled by the now-disbanded Elders.  
> 
> First of all, as the Foundation is already quite aware, the need for additional gatekeepers has been growing more apparent as Russ Allbery, Ken Dryer, and most recently Daria Brashear have all stepped down.   Jeff Altman is the last remaining gatekeeper.  Additional maintainers are Stephan Weisand ( 1.6.x release manager) and Ben Kaduk (1.8.x release manager and de facto "gatekeeper").  
> 
> Some in the community have expressed the desire to rename the role "gatekeeper" in an attempt to shed some the negative connotations associated with that word.  But whatever the role is called, we need additional people who are able to review, approve, and merge new work into OpenAFS.
> 
> Another role is OpenAFS security officer.  Simon Wilkinson recently stepped down as security officer, and the position is currently empty.  In my view (I speak only for myself here, not for the other participants), filling this position is even more critical than the need for more maintainers.   
> 
> So in both cases ( "gatekeepers" and security officer ), we urgently need the Foundation to:
> a) Establish a process for selecting these roles, including requirements, responsibilities, and any remuneration the Board is willing to provide.
> b) Actually impement the process to select people to fill these roles as soon as possible.
> 
> I'll repeat my starting caveat:  although I'm trying to represent the collective desires of the stakeholders at that recent release team meeting, please take this as merely a starting point in the conversation.  We are asking the Foundation Leadership to take note of these urgent requests and accept the responsibility to work with the community to address them quickly.
> 
> Thanks for all your good work so far, and thanks in advance for your efforts on our behalf.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Mark Vitale
> OpenAFS release team
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