The "Chairman" is simply someone who is responsible for being the connector between our community and the larger ASF community.
To use an example from my Church (please bear with me if you are not "religious") the chairman is akin to the Primate (head) of an Orthodox Church. The Primate is a bishop who is elected by all the other bishops to represent them and the church. They have no power that is not given to them by the other bishops and as such they are not in "Charge". That being said when there is a question that needs to be answered outside of the church it is the Primate who answers... after taking counsel with the other bishops. This is how the Chairman would work in the Habari community. We the PMC would elect someone to represent us to the ASF. It should be someone whom we all respect and whom we think exemplifies the spirit of Habari. I hope that makes sense. On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:31 PM, Arthus Erea wrote: > I'm a little worried about the PMC chairman idea. > > As I've always understood it, the PMC is entirely equal in every > respect. No single PMC member has greater authority than others. > > Would ASF incubation force us to change this, giving one PMC member > greater authority? > > If we need to have a "figurehead" chairman, I'm okay with that. But > I'd like to think that person is only chairman when it comes to > coordination with ASF — within Habari itself, I don't think we > should elevate someone. > > Also, would ASF incubation change the policy of how people are added > (or removed) from the PMC? I'd really like for someone to nail down > a concrete page (maybe on the wiki) of: > I. What ASF incubation is > II. What it gives us > III. What it requires > IV. What we must change > > On Apr 15, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > >> >> On Apr 14, 2009, at 13:49, Caius Durling wrote: >> >>> On 14 Apr 2009, at 18:41, Chris J. Davis wrote: >>> >>>> There was more discussion on IRC today about becoming an ASF >>>> incubator >>>> project. >>> >>> >>> The only concern I'd have is if it introduces any more "red tape" >>> into our community. Have to jump through more hoops to commit >>> code, etc. >> >> No, it doesn't. You still type 'svn commit' just like usual. >> >>> >>> I guess as we started off with an idea we'd *possibly* be applying >>> to the ASF one day we're already doing stuff inline with what >>> they'd expect to accept us though. >> >>> >>> I guess I'm not too concerned as long as it doesn't introduce more >>> bureaucracy into the project—having help with stuff like hosting >>> would be very cool however. >> >> >> The extra bureaucracy is that the PMC chairman (something we don't >> currently have) would have to submit quarterly reports to the Board >> of Directors - something that's probably a really good idea anyways. >> >> -- >> Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be >> smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's >> important. (Eugene McCarthy) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
