Just to set some context here, we already had an earlier discussion that is relevant:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/storm-dev/201406.mbox/%3ccadmkjezy9bwbcmw-zg2z97js8afyn++483vxlueq18agmw7...@mail.gmail.com%3e http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/storm-dev/201406.mbox/%3ccfd1acf5.30b19%[email protected]%3e I'm also open to turning this into a further DISCUSSION thread. -Taylor > On Nov 7, 2014, at 4:45 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 2:54 PM, P. Taylor Goetz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Membership of the PMC is by invitation only and must be approved by a >> consensus approval of active PMC members. A PMC member is considered >> "emeritus" by their own declaration or by not contributing in any form >> to the project for over six months. An emeritus member may request >> reinstatement to the PMC. Such reinstatement is subject to consensus >> approval of the active PMC members. > > There are several places where you use full consensus. I think that this > is very damaging to a project since it can be very, very hard to recover > from apathy or other problem. Lazy consensus would be much better. > > I think that the recently adopted Drill bylaws are much better in some of > these respects. > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DRILL/Project+Bylaws
