On 04/04/2019 03:26, Huxing Zhang wrote: > Hi All, > > According to [1], in the "Preparing a Charter" section, we need to > decide PMC chair.
Just to nitpick here. The PMC does not decide on who is the chair. The board does. The PMC makes a recommendation to the board as to who should be appointed the PMC chair. The board nearly always accepts that recommendation. > This is previously discussed on the "[DISCUSS] Graduate Apache > Dubbo(incubating) as a Top Level Project" thread, but it looks like it > is easily ignored. Therefore I am starting a dedicated thread to > discuss this. > > I personally am suggesting Ian Luo as PMC chair. Ian is leading the > Dubbo project, and has rich experience in RPC/service framework. I > think he is the best candidate. Leading is a word that always makes me nervous around ASF projects. The role of PMC chair is an unusual one. PMC chairs are officers of the foundation and, as such, have quite a lot of authority. However, if they ever need to use that authority then it usually means things have gone very badly wrong. If everything is working as it should, the role of PMC chair is mostly an admin role. Applying for new accounts, writing quarterly reports, etc. The most important part of a PMC chair's role is to write quarterly reports for the board that *accurately* describe the current state of the project community. Note: not the technical state of the project, but the state of the project community. I'd strongly recommend reading through the minutes of the last few board meetings to get an idea of what makes a good project report in the eyes of the board. Mark
