How is the current situation on the OSM, PLT, CLT regarding election procedure, election period, number of necessary votes,...

[Javier Gomez]

Note: the questions and answers of this post are taken from this
leadership list threat: http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-leadership/browse_thread/thread/a4de3ab63ef927b0

*Q1:* Are there any legal requirements regarding the liquidation of
the COC
and the restructuring of the board in OSM, PLT, CLT?
If, which one?
*A1:* There will need to be changes to the current OSM bylaws if the
COC is
dissolved. Dissolving the COC would only impact OSM, but not PLT or
CLT.
OSM will follow up with our attorneys about the legal requirements
around
this.

*Q2:* How is the current situation on the OSM board (PLT, CLT?)
regarding
election procedure (who votes), election period, number of necessary
votes ( unanimous, with % majority, etc.), suspension rules,
nomination
procedure, defined responsibilities.
*A2:* Since OSM is the legal owner of Joomla's copyright, trademark,
and
financial assets, it has it's own set of formal legal rules. PLT and
CLT
have their own less formal ways of managing those functions. Here are
answers for each team:

*PLT*
There are no legally binding rules for election procedures, etc. PLT
may
ask the community for nominations of new team members or they may not.
Existing PLT team members may come up with their own process for
inviting
new team members. There are no terms or term limits for PLT team
members.
There are no published formal rules for how existing PLT team members
may
be removed.

Main PLT responsibilities:
Platform and CMS code development, documentation, language
translations,
and administration/updates/
maintenance of the developer.joomla.org, docs.joomla.org,
ux.joomla.org,
ideas.joomla.org websites.

*CLT*
There are no legally binding rules for election procedures, etc. In
the
last round of CLT team member additions, the community was asked to
submit
nominations of new team members. Existing CLT team members are free to
come
up with their own process for inviting new team members. There are no
terms
or term limits for CLT team members. There are no published formal
rules
for how existing CLT team members may be removed.

Main CLT responsibilities:
Forums, JUGs, administration/updates/maintenance of JED, JRD, JTD
(still in
development), JPeople, JCM, Community portal, and www.joomla.org
websites.

*OSM*
Members from the community submit nominations for new board members.
Current OSM board members evaluate the nominations and make
recommendations
to the COC. COC votes to accept or reject the recommendations (by a
majority vote). There are currently 5 COC members (2 from PLT, 2 from
CLT,
and 1 who isn't on either). OSM Board members have 2 year terms, and
when
their terms are about to expire they can request additional 1 year
terms
that would need to be confirmed by COC. COC can remove OSM board
members
during their terms by a majority vote. Required OSM officers are
President,
Treasurer, and Secretary.

Main OSM responsibilities:
Legal, trademark, financial (accounting and capital/sponsorship),
organizational support, and administration/updates/maintenance of
opensourcematters.org website. Events support and external
communications
are two other areas of responsibility that OSM has taken on in recent
years.