-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Stephen McConnell wrote: >> >> The Board had nothing to do with these directions or choices. Our only >> (recent) involvment was that the VP in charge of Avalon asked us to >> terminate the project, so we did. > > A board decision taken *without* the endorsement of the Avalon PMC, > *without* a vote of the community and clearly in contradiction with the > expressed interests of the committers at that time. > > Let's not try and rewrite history just yet.
Let's understand the factual basis of things first. A project chair doesn't *have* to have endorsement from anyone else. It is ultimately responsible for the project, and has the necessary authority to do whatever is appropriate. The fact that most, if not all, projects are led by consensus of the PMC, with the chairs functioning essentially as peers, is a tribute to both the viability of the structure and the abilities and understanding of the chairs themselves. So the PMC chair was perfectly within its authority to request that the board terminate the project. And from what I read on the Avalon lists, my clear impression is that the action had majority support within the project if not a consensus. - -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQCVAwUBQcCBt5rNPMCpn3XdAQEWNAP/aqjxTf6Ucs8Dw4JewgDLOJBYE3Ah2ZKA BeUjMOQZw4ZQm8FBcPgy8lVh9+3HKPFPMuIffzeQYKWNGoWEC1TZTZFLQLmcUTc5 Pz4EbfMZ7fd5NiyP9Kp1zmEhHM5L0tr7ENIu5CMPiMAgja2Be46rbl9FyT8pH7DP pyICHT/arvY= =0TlP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
