>>> Eric, >>> Apache has a Board of Directors, too. >>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/ <http://www.apache.org/foundation/> >>> >> >> Thanks a lot for the information, I completely missed :/ >> >> >>> That is a legal requirement for a Foundation. >> >> >> This is a very bad news for me (personal statement) > > It need not be. It depends what powers the board has. I don't know about > other places but here at the ASF the board delegates eveything to it's PMCs. > > The only time a board member gets involved with a project is if a) they are > acting as an individual (where they must earn project merit like everyone > else) b) the community asks them to in order to help resolve a community > issue. > > The board has no say in the technical direction of the project.
I have only seen the board acting one time as a board. It was in a case of the trademarks of the ASF were in danger. After this has been clarified the board stepped out of the project again. I was not involved in this case/project, but I was fully behind the boards decision to step in.
