[illumos-Advocates] changing the procedure for nominating "advocates"

[Garrett D'Amore]

  We have a problem.  Or at least the *appearance* of a problem.

The current list of "advocates" for illumos is 75% Nexenta employees.  
Of course, that probably is proportional to the number of integrations 
made by Nexenta employees.

But it does make the list of advocates seem less ... fair, especially 
since new advocates are confirmed by the existing advocates.

So I want to change this process.

Developer-council is a much more diverse organization, and is not one 
that Nexenta has a majority representation in.  Current DC members:

Adam Leventhal
Bryan Cantrill
Jim Carlson
Richard Lowe
Garrett D'Amore

The current list of advocates is:

Garrett D'Amore
Albert Lee
Richard Lowe
Gordon Ross

I'd like therefore to make the selection of advocates (which will 
include both selecting new advocates, *and* firing any old ones if that 
is ever appropriate) a matter handled by developer-council.

I *hope* that DC will continue the wisdom of ensuring that advocates are 
selected that will perform an unbiased integration review with a keen 
eye towards thoroughness.  Advocates also need to understand the special 
restrictions for ZFS integrations (ZFS Working Group needs to approve 
such integrations in code review).  I think merit should be given to 
advocates that demonstrate actual contributions (particularly 
post-Oracle contributions) -- we had been assuming that this was a 
measure by which we would nominate new advocates, and I hope to see 
advocates representing Delphix and Joyent and other parties in the mix 
soon.  Either way, I think it makes sense to hand over the power to 
manage the list of advocates to the Developer Council.

Note that I don't expect any immediate changes to the list of advocates 
as a result of this change, although the privilege to make such changes 
will fall upon developer council.

I hope also that DC will be willing to entertain the recommendations of 
the project-at-large when selecting new advocates, including accepting 
nominations presented by the tech lead or existing advocates.

Anyway, I'm using my special Grand Poobah +18 powers to make this 
change, unless someone raises some significant concerns about this.  
(This change will also facilitate clearing up our "governance" to the 
larger conservancy once we join.)

Thanks!

     - Garrett