On 1/16/02 5:07 PM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 06:27, Sam Ruby wrote: >> The number of PMC seats will be set at seven. Annually, all seven seats >> will be up for renewal. The ASF board will be asked to provide a person or >> persons to administer the nominations and a subsequent ballot. The >> administrator(s) will determine the mechanics of the voting procedures. >> Any committer to any Jakarta code base will be eligible to vote. Once the >> new PMC is in place, the first order of business will be to determine a >> chairperson from amongst their ranks. >> >> Once ratified, this proposal would be effective immediately, and an >> election would be initiated. > > Sounds good - but this kinda has one other implication. The PMC will no > longer be able to adequetly cover all sub-projects - it would be quite > possible that some some projects would be completely without representation. > > If this was put in place it kinda suggests that maybe jakarta should not be > so big ... ;) There is another risk - that a large committer base of a project or project bloc could get control of the PMC. I see no problem with the current group of people I interact with, but you never know what the future holds. However, even with that said +1 -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
