Ted says it correctly in his comments below ... I will continue to be active, but it's time for someone else to take the administrative responsibilities.
Craig On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:40:17 -0500, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To recap, > > Craig gave the PMC a heads-up that he would like to step-down from the VP > position. He's been in this position, formally or informally, for going on > five years now. Since ASF projects are team-driven, it's not unusual for > people to pass the baton this way. We can expect Craig to be as active as > ever. He just felt it was time to give someone else a turn. > > Under our bylaws [http://struts.apache.org/bylaws.html], which are like those > used by most ASF projects, the PMC Chair has no special powers. All decisions > are made jointly by the PMC. The VP/Chair serves mainly as our liaison to the > board and infrastructure team. > > On the PMC list, I offered support for either Martin Cooper or Don Brown as > the Struts VP. Martin's grunt work on infrastructure continues to be > invaluable. Don has a strong vision for Struts 1.3 and beyond, and he has > been leading the way on the package refactoring. (Since we don't have a Mono > implementation of Struts right now, and I won't be working much in Java this > year, I wouldn't feel comfortable serving myself.) > > Don pointed out that he is not an ASF Member right now, and that it is > convenient for the VP to be a Member. I feel that this is a valid point, and > so, now that we are voting, my preference would be Martin Cooper. > > -Ted. > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:24:39 +0000, Niall Pemberton wrote: > > Sorry wrong list > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Niall Pemberton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > > "Struts Developers List" <dev@struts.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, > > January 18, 2005 12:23 PM Subject: [VOTE] Nomination for Struts PMC > > Chair > > > > > >> As Craig pointed out its not our decision to appoint the Struts > >> PMC > >> > > Chair - > >> however I'm proposing we put one name forward as our nomination > >> for this post to the ASF Board. > >> > >> So far Don Brown and Martin Cooper have been mentioned as > >> replacements for Craig in this role. Both IMO would make > >> excellent Chairs, but please indicate who would be your > >> preference (either Don, Martin or any other PMC member) to be put > >> forward to the ASF Board. > > Ummm, the board can appoint anyone they like as the VP. ASF or PMC membership > is not a prerequisite. Though, it's unlikely that they would appoint anyone > who was not already deeply involved in the project. > > -T. > > >> > >> Niall > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
