Hi Bertrand, Thanks, I was asking on behalf of all who might fill this role. For new PMC members the PMC chair (synonym for VP, am I right?;-) moderates the vote, but all PMC members then vote, correct? There is a slightly different practice at JCP.org where The Spec Lead(s) have such duty, and though they could ask their EG members they have to decide, at least one I believe, if there are more than one.
We could put it in the Wiki, and though it is not time consuming, if a volunteer (like Reza) was able to catch up with proposals for new Project members (it is a smaller project so there may not be dozens or hundreds anyway, but of course any additional Hand would be welcome;-) it sounds fine. I am the most busy Spec Lead at JSR 363 and also lead a Downstream Project implementing the Standard at Eclipse, so when it Comes to "hats" I am not eager to collect too many everywhere;-D I am keen to keep this Project alive if enough others agree to do so. Werner On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Werner, > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Werner Keil <[email protected]> > wrote: > > ...What are the duties of the VP in the Apache process? > > If that person does not have to be a board member, is the VP required to > attend board calls or similar?.. > > No, the main work of the PMC chair is to make sure the quarterly > project report is delivered in time for the board meeting. Most PMCs > write the reports collaboratively, but it's ultimately the > responsibility of the PMC chair to report. > > PMC chairs are welcome to attend the monthly board calls, if they're > interested or if there's something special to discuss. > > Apart from that, the PMC chair has to relay to the board proposals for > new PMC members, and follow up to register these new PMC members in > the appropriate files once approved (or rather not rejected, after a > 72-hour grace period) by the board. > > Also, contrary to other organizations, the PMC chair doesn't have more > power than other PMC members in discussions or votes. > > http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair has a bit more details but I > think that's the core of it. And > http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc has a more > detailed definition of the role. > > People are sometimes disappointed about being a VP and not having more > power than that, but that's how it works - the good thing is that it's > not very time consuming, it's mostly a coordination and communications > role. > > Many projects make sure to rotate the PMC chair at regular intervals, > say once a year, so that as many people as possible are informed of > what the role means. > > HTH, > -Bertrand >
