Hi Sander and everyone else,
Sorry for the unfortunate silence from me for a bit. I'll avoid providing too
much in the way of excuses as I hope that people will just be more interested
in seeing genuine activity as soon as possible instead.
Also, sorry this is only a short message for now.
Cheers,
Gary
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, at 10:17 PM, Sander Striker wrote:
> Dear Bloodhound community,
>
> In the Apache governance model, the ASF board delegates responsibility for
> managing projects to PMCs. This allows projects to govern themselves, in terms
> of their own development goals, guidelines, and volunteer spirit, within the
> scope of our purpose as an open source foundation. The state allows us to
> supply an umbrella of corporate protection to our projects and volunteers, but
> only to the extent that we retain active and effective oversight of each
> project's operation on behalf of the public's interest.
>
> To enable the board to provide oversight across the foundation, each PMC is
> tasked with providing the board a quarterly report on the health of their
> project. This allows us to hear your heartbeat, to see the project through
> your eyes, and to inform the public through our meeting minutes.
>
> The board has noticed that the reports for Bloodhound have been missed
> for a number of months. This makes us sad because we have lost that ability
> to communicate with you, to see what may be preventing your good health,
> and to ensure that we are providing the services that you need to continue
> as an Apache project.
>
> 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;
> 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 our Attic, where
> they continue to be accessible to the public but are not portrayed as having
> an active community for maintenance.
>
> http://attic.apache.org/
>
> 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 remain 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
>
