On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:57 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/3/2012 7:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: >> >> >> I thought I did. The proposal that Chris put forth seems to make podlings >> formal PMCs that report to the board simply so they have authority to vote >> on releases, add new committers, etc.. My proposal is to give podlings the >> authority to make the releases and add new committers as long as they have >> approval of their mentors. It doesn't require a change in bylaws or even, so >> far as I can tell, explicit board approval to do this. It might require >> someone to change the voting page to clarify that the incubator works >> differently. Big deal. > > That's not a proposal the board can ratify at the next board meeting.
Re-read what I've written. I don't believe the board needs to ratify anything. The IPMC has the ability to re-model itself without requiring a board resolution. What I've suggested is exactly in line with the resolution that was passed in 2002. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
