On 13/02/2010 5:59 AM, Curt Arnold wrote: > I am due to file another quarterly board report and will mention your > concerns. You are also free to petition the ASF Board. > > For background for those who are new to this topic. From > http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc-chair: > > > The Chair of a Project Management Committee (PMC) is appointed by the > > Board from the PMC Members. The PMC as a whole is the entity that > > controls and leads the project. The Chair is the interface between the > > Board and the Project. > > Except in extraordinary circumstances, the PMC chair should have no > more control over the direction of the project than any other PMC > member. The PMC chair is required to report to the board quarterly or > as directed by the board and is responsible for managing SVN rights. > Nothing prevents anyone else from sending an email to [email protected] > if the PMC chair is out of line. Managing SVN rights should be in > response to a PMC vote. > > I am due to file another quarterly board report and will mention your > concerns. You are also free to petition the ASF Board.
In the Apache projects I am familiar with, the PMC chair put his or her chair up for elections every year or so. While I cannot point you to a document stating this on black or white, as far as I know, holding elections for the PMC-chair position is part of the Apache tradition. When I and later Mark Womack held the position of Logging PMC chair, we both put up our seats for elections every year. It is ironic that you should point out that QOS.ch does follow the Apache governance model and then proceed to justify that indefinitely holding on to your position as chairman does not formally contravene the Apache model, all in the same thread. Asking you to put up your seat for elections after five years is a reasonable demand. I should not need to petition the board on this issue. -- Ceki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
