Ha! Ross beat me to it!
Indeed, the role of the board at the ASF is strictly organizational.
Technical decisions on any project (or podling) at the ASF are up to the
(P)PMC running that project. PMCs are made up of individuals -
corporations are never invited to be on a PMC or other Apache body.
The board does not get into technical decisions; nor do the Members of
the ASF, unless - as Ross says - they're acting as individuals on a
project. Even there, Members need to earn commit rights on each project
separately, just like everyone else.
For a little bit of perspective on what the ASF is, see my post:
http://communityovercode.com/2011/09/apache-by-the-numbers/
The only part of that Apache by the Numbers post that the board directly
works with is the Corporate section. As for the rest, it's the People
who make up the Communities that write some Code (using Websites and
Mailing Lists) to serve Users. The only reason for the Corporate
section there is to provide a legal place to stick all of this stuff
that's secure and independent from outside commercial influence. Oh,
and to ensure our servers keep running!
Although it's rather dry and boring, the official description of the
role of the Board at the ASF is quite accurate:
http://www.apache.org/foundation/board/
- Shane
On 9/5/2011 11:56 AM, Ross Gardler wrote:
On Monday, 5 September 2011, eric b<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jean,
Le 5 sept. 11 à 07:32, Jean Weber a écrit :
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 15:19, eric b<[email protected]> wrote:
...
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.
Ross
Regards,
Eric
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