2015/2016 LDraw.org Standards Board (LSB) - Call for Volunteers

[Willy Tschager]

This is the official call for volunteers on the LDraw.org Standards Board (LSB).

The LSB is responsible for maintaining semi-regular internal discussions on pending file format issues, the overall progress of the LDraw file format and new or proposed developments made by different LDraw-based software authors. They adopt new official standards by voting on them, and publish documentation on LDraw.org following such a decision. The LSC has documented and will document past, current and future LDraw File Formats.

With revision 1.5 of the LSC Charter the number of seats is restricted to 4 since one seat is reserved for a current LDraw Library Administrator.

Most urging issues are:

• LDraw File Format 2.0 (Discussions here and here)
  
• Standard for a connection database (Discussion here)
  
• Define TEXMAP resolution and naming conventions (Discussion here)
  

To ensure only competent, dedicated, and active contributors are eligible to become members of the LSB, they shall have met one or more of the following requirements for nomination:

• Authored at least two LDraw parts subsequently released in an Official LDraw.org Parts Update
  
• Served as a reviewer on the Parts Tracker through at least 2 official parts updates, and posted at least 5 reviews in at least two updates since their initial participation
  
• Released a still available software program that is compliant with either the LDraw 1.0.0 spec or another spec published by the LSB
  
• Petition for nomination as an LSB candidate approved by 2 current LSB members
  
• Petition for nomination as an LSB candidate made to the LSB by at least 5 others eligible to be LSB candidates
  

This Call will close at 11:59 PM GMT on 31 March 2015. The LDraw Steering Committee will appoint the new LSB members in the following days.

Willy Tschager
On behalf of the LDraw.org Steering Committee