On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > May I observe that this thread should be about what is right for AOOo. What > others do and whether that is right or wrong is irrelevant here unless we > are using it to inform our decision. Lets not have yet another "us" and > "them" argument. >
We've talked about other Apache projects, and what they do. It is a fair point to talk about what other open source projects do as well. Finding out what "is right for AOOo" is not something best done with our eyes shut. I agree let's not make it adversarial. But I would be interested to know why Simon speaks up in favor of us have a congress-sized PMC, but has not made a similar recommendation for TDF/LO. If there is a good answer, I'm sure it would be relevant to our discussions, since the projects are otherwise very similar. In other words, is TDF/LO governance a different solution to the same problem? Or a different problem altogether? If the former, then what went wrong there that leads Simon to make a different recommendation for AOOo? -Rob > Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. > On Sep 30, 2011 6:28 PM, "Rob Weir" <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:15 PM, Norbert Thiebaud <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> BTW, LO/TDF has a steering committee of what? 13 people total? Have >>>> you recommending to them that they put their entire elected membership >>>> into a "flat" leadership structure? Or is that wisdom, by your grace, >>>> reserved for us alone? >>> >>> Rob, you are comparing Apple and Oranges. The Steering Committee, soon >>> to be BoD, is not similar to a PMC. It is similar, in function, to >>> the Apache Board. >>> >> >> OK. I'll give you an apple then. Who approves your releases? The >> Engineering Steering Committee? How many members are there? Who >> approves Engineering Steering Committee members? Add those two >> committees together and what do you get? Anything close to 72 >> members? >> >> -Rob >> >>> Norbert >>> >
