Request for Change: Thunderbird Project Module Owner - decision making hierarchy
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Dear Mitchell Baker,
in recognition of you being the owner of the Mozilla Module Ownership System, we, the Thunderbird Council, would like to kindly request to make a slight modification to the Thunderbird modules
BackgroundThe Thunderbird Council is the organ that governs the Thunderbird project, as stated on the About page and many other pages:
"The Thunderbird project is governed by seven councilors, elected by the Thunderbird community’s active contributors"
In order to govern the project and the software changes, the Council needs to oversee the Thunderbird module owners. The Council is currently listed as "Module" on the Thunderbird module owners page, which currently states:
"The Thunderbird Council is the elected governing body for the Thunderbird Project. Peers are the members of the Council. The Thunderbird Council provides overall product strategy on behalf of the community."
To clarify that the Thunderbird Council has the right to make changes to the Thunderbird code module ownership, the Council passed the following motion:
MOTION: "Module owner
- The Thunderbird Council module is hierarchically above Thunderbird desktop and Thunderbird mobile, and the Thunderbird Council is the highest org. [...]"
- Vote:
- Yes: Andrei Hajdukewycz, Ben Bucksch, Berna Alp, Dirk Steinmetz, Patrick Cloke
- No: Magnus Melin
- Absent: Philipp Kewisch
- The motion passed
That means that the Thunderbird Council would be allowed to update the modules and module owners and peers to reflect realities and to replace, add or remove Thunderbird code module owners.
As we have been told that such a change needs to be approved by you, the Thunderbird Council is respectfully asking you to please formally recognize this, and allow us to change the Thunderbird module owners page accordingly.
Thank you for your trust that you have put in us.
Respectfully,
Berna Alp
On behalf of the Thunderbird Council