Yep, still here and sorry about the long silence! On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 at 03:59, Greg Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > > > -- *Dammina Sahabandu* *Dev, NL* *Phone: +33 633 869200* Lange Herenstraat 157, Haarlem 2011 LK
