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Haisheng Yuan <[email protected]> 于2022年7月4日周一 08:32写道:

> +1 to the improvement.
>
> On 2022/07/04 00:13:58 Francis Chuang wrote:
> > +1 I think this is a good idea. We have a lot of capable PMC members and
> > it would be of great benefit to the project if all of them were
> > considered during the PMC chair selection process.
> >
> > On 4/07/2022 9:46 am, Julian Hyde wrote:
> > > As you know, Calcite has a tradition of choosing a new PMC chair (VP)
> > > each year, around the anniversary of the project's graduation[1][2]. I
> > > think this is a great tradition, but I'd like to discuss an
> > > improvement to that process.
> > >
> > > (I'm starting the conversation now - several months after the previous
> > > vote, and several months before the next - so that it's clear that I
> > > am not criticizing the process or the outcome or previous votes.)
> > >
> > > I've noticed that the outgoing chair sends an email on dev@ saying
> > > words to the following effect:
> > >
> > >    I think Xyz would be a great person to succeed me.
> > >    What do you all think?
> > >
> > > (I fear that I may have started this tradition when, at the end of my
> > > tenure as first chair, I approached Jesus and asked him whether he'd
> > > be prepared to do the job[3]. Mea culpa.)
> > >
> > > After such an outright endorsement, especially on a public list, it
> > > would be churlish for someone to reply "Actually, I think Abc would be
> > > better." As a result, it's rather difficult to have an open debate,
> > > and the candidate selected by the outgoing chair tends to win
> > > unopposed.
> > >
> > > I suggest that the outgoing chair says something like
> > >
> > >    It's time to change the PMC chair.
> > >    Please send nominations to private@ and the PMC will discuss and
> vote.
> > >
> > > That would allow for several nominations, allow people to give reasons
> > > why they prefer a candidate (without disparaging other candidates),
> > > and lead to a more informed outcome.
> > >
> > > What do you think? Are there any other aspects of the election process
> > > we should change?
> > >
> > > Julian
> > >
> > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/rmj9qm9wlol3nb7z4phddoljbgvypkrt
> > > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/5tzb8w655pj2vo9omz20th5jnbn9zww7
> > > [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/y4wjdj5h1y3sypnlmhpoz9r6bkk3cv6o
> >
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