MJ,
>> However, such a resolution needs to address the issue of who should bring a
>> request from Debian to the board if not the DPL. [...]
>
> http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2002-07-02-iwj.5
> makes no similar specification AFAICT, but it could be useful.
And as you'll notice, current associated project applications require
the project to have an official delegate. The resolution quoted above
does not scale; it could require the Board to monitor the government MLs
of every associated project, all the time. That's just not practical.
Regardless of the decision-making means, the Board needs an official
statement or request from and AC to take any kind of action. Otherwise
you also risk having the Board interpret organizational internal
politics for themselves, which I don't think anybody wants.
--Josh Berkus