On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Rob Weir <r...@robweir.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Roberto Galoppini > <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I would like to nominate Dennis Hamilton (orcmid), for a number of > reasons > > we already discussed here, and more important to say because of his very > > positive attitude towards collaboration within the PMC. > > > > He proved to be an excellent mediator and advisor to the group, always > > respectful of the Apache Way and willing to help. > > > > +1. > > I think Dennis would be a great choice, if he is willing. I've known > him for almost a decade now, from his volunteer work on the ODF > standard and with ODF interoperability. He was one of the few true > volunteer members of the ODF TC, not working for any of the large > commercial vendors, but gained the respect of all with his technical > knowledge and experience, but also his willingness to work with all. > He's a gentleman, something we don't see much anymore. I met him > once in Seattle at an ODF Plugfest and he made me appreciate the > importance of thanking public bus drivers. My mentioning all this > will surely embarrass Dennis a little, but that's the kind of guy he > is, and I want to make sure you know that. > > Regards, > > -Rob >
and my +1 for Dennis Hamilton as chair I think Dennis would be an excellent choice. For what it's worth, he was also one of the original "endorsers" (well I don't know the proper term is here) for bringing OpenOffice into the ASF: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal I think this says a lot about his interest and enthusiasm for OpenOffice > > > Roberto > > > > > > > > > > > > 2015-07-30 12:39 GMT+02:00 jan i <j...@apache.org>: > > > >> Hi. > >> > >> I will resign at the board meeting in September, so the current schedule > >> looks like: > >> Accept/Nominate/Discuss candidates until August 16th > >> Discussion ends August 23th > >> Voting ends September 4th > >> Resolution send to board September 5th. > >> New chair takes over immediately after the board meeting. > >> > >> <snip> > >> Please use this mail thread to announce yourself as a candidate, or to > >> nominate > >> someone else (remark that person must state whether or not the > nomination > >> is > >> accepted). There are no formal limits to being a nominee, apart from > >> committer > >> status. > >> > >> The rules for the vote, will depend on the number of candidates but is > >> basically > >> a majority vote, with PMC votes being binding. > >> > >> rgds > >> jan i. > >> > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” --Lao Tzu
