2. Procedural Definitions

2.1. Term Definitions

  • Team -- the Arabeyes active volunteers

  • Core (or core-team) -- Arabeyes' internal meta-project management team

  • Volunteer -- someone who voluntarily undertakes a task/work.

  • Nominee -- any Arabeyes CVS account holder who has had CVS commit activity in the 6 months prior to elections.

  • Voter -- any Arabeyes CVS account holder who has had CVS commit activity in the 12 months prior to elections.

  • 3rd-party -- used loosely to indicate a third party (company, organization, group) which is interested in working with Arabeyes (in sharing resources, developers, contacts, etc) to achieve the same ultimate goal of spreading and preaching linux/unix to the Arab world.

  • Contributors -- encompasses developers, translators and anyone who assists in any capacity.

  • *ix -- used to mean linux/unix of all flavors.

2.2. Ratification

This document is an Arabeyes' internal working directive and rule book regarding all its development and translation work. This Constitution is effective of September 28, 2004 as was agreed unanimously by Arabeyes' management team.

2.3. Amendments

This document can be amended via a unanimous vote by Arabeyes' management team ('core') post a public discussion on those items that are to be added/modified/removed on Arabeyes' "forum" mailing-list. If there are any serious objections raised during the public discussion, proper assurances need to be given to address all points raised.