[Tinyos-alliance] Steering com input

[Ramesh Govindan]

>>
>> Is there any reason to limit Steering Comm oversight only to 
>> architectural/BCP TEPs? Initially, at least, I thought it might make 
>> sense, as a form of peer review, to have *all* TEPs (not drafts, but 
>> those formally submitted by a WG) be reviewed by the SC. If this 
>> becomes onerous, we can revisit the decision then?
> 
> The idea was to say that the SC might ask to oversee some TEPs that it 
> feels it should, but to not require every TEP to go through the SC. The 
> current policy for TEPs is for the WG to ask for community feedback 
> before moving them out of draft. My thought was that requiring SC review 

I see. In that case, I would be fine with keeping the current practice, 
but we should perhaps add that to the text? We can later consider if the 
SC should be the entity driving the community feedback gathering process.

Thanks!

> could add an additional layer of bureaucracy which could slow things 
> down. Giving the SC the power to oversee when necessary would serve the 
> goals of the Alliance without adding a layer when not needed. Members of 
> the SC can of course participate in the community feedback. 
> "Architectural steps" was intended to be a vague enough term that it 
> could applied with a good deal of interpretation.
> 
> Would you feel better about it if the document explicitly stated that 
> the SC determines what TEPs meet this requirement of review? I assume 
> the SC will be aware of all TEPs, through a report from the TEP number 
> generator (currently me).
> 
> I think that time and experience will show how strong an advisory role 
> the SC should play; my intent in the text was to give it the flexibility 
> to adjust as needs become clearer or evolve.
> 
>> Also, I don't know if we need to mention this here or not, but it 
>> might also make sense to require that TEPs that specify changes to the 
>> organizational structure must be ratified by the Board (in addition to 
>> the SC).
> 
> This is a very good point.
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
> 

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Ramesh
http://cs.usc.edu/~ramesh/