Matthieu, You got me at "project lubricant". I volunteer for the terribly unsexy role of chair.
alex On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Matthieu Riou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi guys, > > So if you read my previous e-mail about graduation (if you didn't, go ahead > I'll wait) you saw that one of the important parts of the creation of a new > official project is to pick a chair (future Vice President of Apache > Buildr, > nothing less). Actually the role is terribly unsexy. You're not expected to > be a leader of the project (although you can, it's just 2 different things > or "hats" in Apache lingo), just to represent the project in front of the > board and eventually the other projects (but any PMC member can do that > second part as well). So the chair is just a point of contact for the board > who takes the first blows (but most of the time they're nice, Jim can tell > you :) ) and someone who makes sure that nothing falls through the cracks. > He should ensure that board reports are submitted in due time, that the > project and the community are healthy and that no IP issue arises. The best > description of it I heard was from Leo Simons who called it "project > lubricant". See [1] for another shorter take. > > So I'd like to invite eventual volunteers for the role of chair to come > forth. If there is more than one volunteer, hopefully they can figure it > out > between them, otherwise we'll have to vote but I hope it won't come to > that. > Feel free to ask if you have questions. > > Cheers, > Matthieu > > [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#PMC >
