[Merge] ~racb/ubuntu-governance-docs:add-dmb-selection-process-policy into ubuntu-governance-docs:main

[Robie Basak]

Thanks for the review!

Diff comments:

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> +# DMB Selection Process
> +
> +The Developer Membership Board is responsible for reviewing and
> +approving new Ubuntu developers.
> +
> +The Developer Membership Board comprises seven seats. Seats are
> +appointed by the Technical Board asynchronously as required.
> +
> +When the DMB needs members, the TB will ask for suitably qualified
> +volunteers to apply privately.
> +
> +Volunteers must be Ubuntu Core Developers or MOTU[^1], and should be well
> +qualified to evaluate prospective Ubuntu developers and decide when to
> +entrust them with developer privileges or to grant them Ubuntu
> +membership status.
> +
> +Volunteers must expect to be able to attend the majority of DMB
> +meetings. Currently these take place on IRC, are scheduled on alternate
> +Mondays with each meeting alternating between 1600 UTC and 1900 UTC, and
> +last around an hour. Meeting times can be negotiated and adjusted by
> +board members as needed.
> +
> +The TB reserves their option to exclude particular volunteers

Apparently British English allows it but US English doesn't. It's a can of worms, if you'd like to read more :-) http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001874.html

But it's apparently acceptable, so I'll leave it as is.

> +(privately), but this should only happen under exceptional
> +circumstances.
> +
> +The TB announces new appointments which can therefore happen at any
> +time.
> +
> +We'd like DMB members to commit to a one year minimum, but DMB members
> +can resign at any time.
> +
> +When a member's term is nearing its end, Launchpad will ask them if they
> +wish to renew, and they can renew their term directly on Launchpad by
> +themselves. By doing so, they are affirming that they expect to
> +participate for a further year.
> +
> +If a member wishes to stand down, they can leave the Launchpad team or
> +wait for their Launchpad team membership to lapse.
> +
> +As long as there are routinely fewer volunteers than seats, this process
> +will continue. Should the situation change, the TB will adjust the
> +process accordingly, which may include moving to the election-based
> +appointment model we had used previously.
> +
> +[^1]: [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2020-January/002481.html](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2020-January/002481.html)


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