On Tuesday 21 December 2004 17:03, Greg Stein wrote: > > (12:10:11) gstein: mcconnell: aaron *is* the PMC > > ((12:46:05) gstein: the members of the PMC is an artificial construct > > created by the Chair
> You lost a lot of context there. Ok, agree, but I thought it being unnecessary to quote 71kB of IRC. ;o) And now I lost some more ;o) > And yes, the Chair defines the rules/procedures. And when they fail to > keep the project and community on track, then the Chair can change the > rules. Simple as that. > There have certainly been insinuations in this thread and others that > my positions or stances are "part of the problem." You're certainly > entitled to that point of view, but I'm similarly confident that I > have been acting in the best interests of the ASF in this matter, and > that I have the support of the Membership. Sure you have. You definately have *my* support (although not worth much, maybe a even negative worth) as Chairman of ASF. Now, section 6.3 in the ByLaws of the ASF doesn't rhyme entirely correctly with the quotes from the IRC session. You said; The PMC is an artificial construct. Section 6.3 forgets to mention that. You said; Aaron IS the PMC. Section 6.3 uses the wording "shall be primarily responsible for project(s) managed by such committee" IANAL, and is not comfortable in trying to make the Section 6.3 clearer, but I beg those who a. understand the mechanics properly, b. capable of formulating the language, c. has the authority to do so, to re-phrase into a more accurate depictment of the PMC, its Chair vs its members. I mean, if the PMC is purely advisory, then write that. This whole episode is also marred by "Project ByLaw", which I have been told does not to exist (or do they? confusion!), yet is mentioned that the PMC is tasked to establish them. And those established at Avalon seems partly being contradictory to what Greg says (which I take as most authorative at this juncture). Avalon bylaws are now no longer online, but let's look at an example of contradiction in the Excalibur TLP bylaws, passed by their PMC [1]; http://wiki.apache.org/excalibur/Bylaws Under 1.2.2.4 Project Management Committee, first paragraph, second sentence; <quote> The PMC is responsible to the board and the ASF for the management and oversight of the Apache Excalibur codebase. </quote> Well, apparently the PMC is not responsible and not authorative, only the PMC Chair. IMHO, these types of discrepancies are the true root of this thread. And instead of dismissing everything from my mouth at sight and being sick of me dragging this on, please take a moment and review my findings and move for a clarification of the PMC role (and the Chair), its responsibility and authority, and make that in writing to avoid any future misunderstandings elsewhere. And in the same go, ask the PMCs to review their "PMC Bylaws" (if they exist) whether they are in conflict with this clarified view. Cheers Niclas [1] http://nagoya.apache.org/eyebrowse/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&msgNo=698 -- +------//-------------------+ / http://www.dpml.net / / http://niclas.hedhman.org / +------//-------------------+ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
