I've had my incomprehensions with Bernd in past, but I think most times Bernd proved to be a peaceful person and very diligent in following procedures. He also is the one that mostly tried to help with the PMC Chair duties in past, asking many times to Serge if he needed help. I think he would be a good Chair and I think he will be able to separate his personal ideas from his Chair role duties. Since he joined JAMES he shown a "small" but constant partecipation to the project both in term of code and discussions.
Stefano
