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Hi all,

We've been working on an update to the OpenInfra Foundation bylaws that
cleans up some of the old special-case text for the OpenStack project.
In practice, we treat OpenStack the same as all the other OpenInfra
projects, so this change is about refactoring the language to match
reality, and also reducing unnecessary complexity.

I've attached a diff, with some descriptions of why we're proposing the
changes. Some of the changes simply generalize the language to talk
about OpenInfra projects (or the Foundation) instead of OpenStack. Some
of the changes move the specific details of OpenStack project governance
out of the bylaws, and over to the OpenStack project governance
documents. And, some of the changes move general project governance
information over to the separate OpenInfra project guidelines document:
https://board.openinfra.dev/en/ProjectConfirmationGuidelines

We plan to hold a board vote on these changes in the next board meeting
on December 5th. After the board vote, the OpenStack TC will vote on the
bylaws changes to section 4.13 and the deleted appendix 4. And, in the
January annual member meetings, the Individual, Gold, and Platinum
members will vote on the few small wording changes in section 4.15, and
one deleted sentence in section 9.2.

Take a look, and let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Thanks,
Allison