Re: Nominations for NetBeans Governance Board

Geertjan quoted the NetBeans Governance and Project Roles [1] page,
which states:

   The Board has the high-level duty to ensure that the netbeans.org
   project is run in a fair and open manner. The Board exists as a last
   resort to resolve disputes and grievances.

Although the second sentence is important, to me it seems like an
implementation detail derived from the first (and more important)
sentence.

From my perspective, the board members *should* have a high-level duty
to ensure the project is run in a fair and open manner.  Don't you?

[1] http://netbeans.org/about/os/governance.html

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Ashwin Rao <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Tom,
>
> This may seem a bit pedantic, but I wanted to point out that I believe what had been discussed earlier was the Governance model itself. Not the Governance Board Model. One is inclusive of the other but not vice versa. As per the current Governance model, and has been pointed out earlier, the Governance board is primarily an arbitration body.
>
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