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From XOOPS Project

Having collected and compared all proposals I could find up to now (I am trying to post them in a graphic way), I am guided to the following proposal:

XOOPS Project Council 5 Members coming from the Working Groups Representatives The Development Group has 2 reps, one of them being the Core Development Team Leader.

Core Development Team Leader (= Project Leader) can be member of the Foundation BUT NOT in parallel to his position in the Council. (BTW this is the way I understand the term Project Leader. In any other case sounds like the “King” or the “Big Boss”)

XOOPS Foundation 3 Main Members; Chairman, Legal, Financial X Members of Honor; All previous Project Leaders, External Members (Private Companies, Institutes, Universities Representatives) who actively and by any means support the XOOPS project. [EDIT (addition)]All members are elected / adopted by the Council. The main task of the foundation is the lawful operation of the project in terms of procedures, actions and governing processes. The Foundation should have also the power (as the keys owner) to propose/start elections, advice the Council on general guidelines and take care of the direction the project follows.

Relation between XOOPS Project Council & XOOPS Foundation The day-by-day Leadership and Deciding is performed by the XOOPS Project Council. The Council co-operates with the Foundation in any case that there is a need for support or the project has organization difficulties (like now for example…). The Foundation has no influence in the Council’s decisions and vice-versa. They co-operate in good faith, respecting its other, since the existence of one means the existence of the other. The Foundation has absolutely no influence to the Working Groups, while the Council has.

Working Groups Self explanatory – many times described

Team Members The big question. Let’s start: Who elects them and how. This is the most important since the Team members elect their Leaders who in turn elect the Representatives to the Council.

But let’s first conclude with the organization and then we can start a new Thread…