We're still here. The community hasn't disappeared. It is simply low-energy.
On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 8:54 PM Gary Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
