Hi Phil,

Thanks for reaching out and we are really sorry about not being able to
submit the previous report on time. I will work with Gary to submit the
report for the upcoming meeting. And there are more than three active PMC
members working on the project, therefore I don't see the need to move the
project to the Attic as of now. We will provide more information in the
report.

Thanks,
Dammina

On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 3:58 AM Phil Steitz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Bloodhound community,
>
> In the governance model at the ASF the board delegates responsibility for
> managing projects to PMCs. To enable the board to provide oversight across
> the
> foundation, PMCs are tasked with providing the board with a quarterly
> report on the health of the project. The board has noticed that the reports
> for Bloodhound have been missed for a number of months.
>
> The reports to the board are normally written by the PMC chair but all PMC
> members have an individual responsibility to ensure that a report is
> submitted. If the PMC chair is not available then any PMC member can submit
> the report. If you need help with this process, please reach out to
> [email protected]
>
> Please ensure that a report for Bloodhound is submitted to the board for
> the
> next meeting.
>
> If the PMC chair is not going to be available for an extended period of
> time
> it may make sense to rotate the PMC chair. Rotating the PMC chair does not
> mean the current chair has failed. People's situations and interests
> change,
> and rotation is good as it allows more people to become familiar with that
> role. Again, if assistance is required with this process, please feel free
> to
> reach out to [email protected]
>
> As projects mature, they will naturally reach a point where activity
> reduces
> to a level that the project is no longer sustainable. At Apache, projects
> reach this stage when there are no longer 3 active PMC members providing
> oversight. Projects that reach this stage are placed in the attic[1].  If
> Bloodhound has reached this point, please reach out to the Attic project to
> arrange transfer. On the other hand, if your project is mostly dormant but
> still has at least three active PMC members it can stay in that state for
> as
> long as needed. If your project is in such a state, please mention that in
> your report and verify the PMC's state at regular intervals.
>
> Finally, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to
> [email protected].
>
> Thanks,
> The ASF Board
>
> [1] (http://attic.apache.org/
>


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Dammina Sahabandu
PMC & Committer, Apache Software Foundation
AMIE (SL)
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