> There seems to be confusion caused by the concept > of "active" versus "inactive" committers and PMC > members. It is too difficult to classify people > in such a way and causes unnecessary angst.
> I propose that we remove such distinction. I support your proposing this. Let's discuss it and be done with it. > The who.html page would have two lists, sorted > alphabetically: > * Simple list of all committers, past and present. > * Simple list of the current PMC members. 1. Why would this be two separate lists? Did I miss something or aren't we still always both? If so, why not express this in a unified list? 2. I really liked the concept of committers being able to mark themselves as inactive as THEY see fit. I would add (or actually stress) their right to also mark themselves as active again as THEY see fit. > If someone wants to personally know who is an > "active" committer, then they can search the mail > archives. +1 > If someone wants to personally know the changes on > the PMC, then they can look at the past Board > reports or see the svn log for the who.xml page. +1 > For the Guidelines page, the "Unanimous Consensus" > type of approval would be removed and the relevant > actions would become "Consensus Approval". I don't understand the need for that. We have never had any problems with that. > The term "Active PMC members" seems to cause > confusion about who has a binding vote. It was > intended to just clarify the Unanimous and > 2/3 Majority situations, so that we didn't need > to chase people and force them to vote. The word > "Active" would now be removed. > So for the 2/3 Majority situation, the chair can > decide on a case-by-case basis if a quorum has > been reached. Why not simply talk about 2/3 of the votes (those who choose to vote) within a reasonable time frame? Wasn't that what the term active was meant to say in the first place: Active in terms of coming forward to cast a vote? > After one week to enable people enough time > to discuss the proposal and rectify any holes, > i will call a vote. Yeah, let's get over with. But perhaps we should extend the voting period on this so that people like Johannnes (who is on holiday) get a better chance of having their say? Ferdinand
