Shane, Board, I had some issues with the reporter tool ([Object object] error after login), but the report has now been submitted via Whimsy agenda tool.
Best regards, Tomaz On Sunday, April 14th, 2024 at 8:41 PM, Shane Curcuru <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear Libcloud 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 Libcloud 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 Libcloud is submitted to the board > for the next meeting on Wed, 17 Apr 2024 at 21:00 UTC. > > 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 Libcloud 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
