Since they were elected in September 2022, @chanmosq and @aFinchy have served as the chairpersons of the Documentation & Community Special Interest Group (SIG). The terms for our SIG's chairs are 6 months, so it's time for another election! Once again, we look for chairpersons who will be focused on building our community.
The chair / co-chair roles
Terms are officially 6 months, meaning our next election will be held in mid-September of 2023. Chairpersons may relinquish their chairship at any point and for any reason, but nominees should try and commit to their full term.
The chair and co-chair serve equivalent roles in the governance of the SIG and are only differentiated by title in that the highest vote-getter is the chair and the second-highest is the co-chair. The chair and co-chair are expected to govern together in an effective way and split their responsibilities to make sure that the SIG operates smoothly and has the availability of a chairperson at any time.
Unless distinctly required, the term "chairperson" refers to either/both of the chair and co-chair. If a chair or co-chair is required to perform a specific responsibility for the SIG they will always be addressed by their official role title.
Chairs are not required to provide "on-call" support of any kind as part of their chairship. The O3D Foundation is responsible for addressing any high-severity issues related to documentation or community which would impact the immediate operation of the O3DE project or may result in legal liability of the O3D Foundation.
Responsibilities
Schedule and proctor regular SIG meetings on a monthly cadence, or as determined by the SIG.
Planning and strategy for documentation and community building for O3DE.
Serve as a source of authority (and ideally wisdom) with regards to O3DE documentation. Chairpersons are the ultimate arbiters of many documentation standards, processes, and practices.
Act as representatives of the community, and provide advice to other SIGs, the Technical Steering Committee (TSC), and the Foundation on community building and management.
Coordinate with partners and the Linux Foundation and Marketing Committee regarding official community events.
Regularly participate in O3DE discussion channels such as our mailing lists, GitHub discussions, and Discord.
Nominations and election
Nomination requirements
Nominees must be an active contributor to Open 3D Engine in some fashion.
Nominees are not required to be reviewers or maintainers, but reviewer/maintainer status is something nominees should highlight.
Nominees should have at least some familiarity with open source, and one of either technical writing or community management / building.
If you are nominated by somebody other than yourself, you're encouraged to provide your own statement (however brief). If you would like to decline a nomination, please do so on this issue before the nomination deadline.
How to nominate
Nominations will be accepted beginning with the date of posting of this issue, and will be open until 2023-03-31 12:00 PM Pacific Time.
Nominate somebody (including yourself) by responding to this issue with:
A statement that the nominee should be nominated for a chair position in the Documentation & Community SIG.
Include any information on their work in O3DE (whether that is actively participating in Discord/forums/email, producing code submissions, producing docs submissions, or providing external tutorials or resources). If you are nominating yourself, provide a brief statement on your reasons for running for chairperson, and any information you think is useful about what you see as an ideal direction for O3DE with regards to documentation or community.
If you are nominating somebody else, make sure that they are @-ed by their GitHub alias so they receive a notification and can respond.
The name under which the nominee should be addressed. Nominees are allowed to contact the election proctor to have this name changed.
The GitHub username of the nominee. (Self-nominations need not include this; it's on your post.)
Nominee's Discord username. Chairpersons must be active in the O3DE Discord if elected.
By accepting a nomination you acknowledge that you believe you can faithfully execute the role required of a chairperson for sig-docs-community for the next 6 months. Chairpersons may relinquish their chairship at any time and for any reason.
If only one nomination is received, nominations will remain open for an additional week.
Election process
In the case where there are 2 candidates at the end of the nomination period, if they agree on chair and co-chair, no vote will be needed.
Otherwise, voting will be performed during the sig-docs-community meeting on 2023-04-04. Once the chairpersons have been determined, handoff will occur during the same April sig-docs-community meeting. The elected chairpersons will then immediately begin serving their term.
Hello sig-docs-community:
Since they were elected in September 2022, @chanmosq and @aFinchy have served as the chairpersons of the Documentation & Community Special Interest Group (SIG). The terms for our SIG's chairs are 6 months, so it's time for another election! Once again, we look for chairpersons who will be focused on building our community.
The chair / co-chair roles
Terms are officially 6 months, meaning our next election will be held in mid-September of 2023. Chairpersons may relinquish their chairship at any point and for any reason, but nominees should try and commit to their full term.
The chair and co-chair serve equivalent roles in the governance of the SIG and are only differentiated by title in that the highest vote-getter is the chair and the second-highest is the co-chair. The chair and co-chair are expected to govern together in an effective way and split their responsibilities to make sure that the SIG operates smoothly and has the availability of a chairperson at any time.
Unless distinctly required, the term "chairperson" refers to either/both of the chair and co-chair. If a chair or co-chair is required to perform a specific responsibility for the SIG they will always be addressed by their official role title.
Chairs are not required to provide "on-call" support of any kind as part of their chairship. The O3D Foundation is responsible for addressing any high-severity issues related to documentation or community which would impact the immediate operation of the O3DE project or may result in legal liability of the O3D Foundation.
Responsibilities
Nominations and election
Nomination requirements
If you are nominated by somebody other than yourself, you're encouraged to provide your own statement (however brief). If you would like to decline a nomination, please do so on this issue before the nomination deadline.
How to nominate
Nominations will be accepted beginning with the date of posting of this issue, and will be open until 2023-03-31 12:00 PM Pacific Time.
Nominate somebody (including yourself) by responding to this issue with:
By accepting a nomination you acknowledge that you believe you can faithfully execute the role required of a chairperson for sig-docs-community for the next 6 months. Chairpersons may relinquish their chairship at any time and for any reason.
If only one nomination is received, nominations will remain open for an additional week.
Election process
In the case where there are 2 candidates at the end of the nomination period, if they agree on chair and co-chair, no vote will be needed.
Otherwise, voting will be performed during the sig-docs-community meeting on 2023-04-04. Once the chairpersons have been determined, handoff will occur during the same April sig-docs-community meeting. The elected chairpersons will then immediately begin serving their term.