Thanks for the additional background Sam. With respect to "There are some people with concerns that haven't been expressed on this list. Some of those concerns may lead to the conclusion that having sponsors acting independently of ASF wishes, however well meaning they are in doing so, may lead to problematic results." - all I can say if "if it didn't happen on the list, it didn't happen".
Should that concern be raised here then I'll be happy to consider it in the context of this proposed board notification. In the absence of such an on-list object I appreciate your willingness to accept an explicit lazy consensus as is the Apache Way. Ross
