Andrew declined to be the Chair before. It would be great if he changed his mind.
Anyone can confirm that? Sorry if I missed something. On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Andrew Rist <andrew.r...@oracle.com> wrote: > I would like to nominate Andrea Pescetti. > Andrea is one of the most active and well respected members of the project, > and I believe he would make a great PMC Chair. > > Andrew > > > > > On 9/27/2012 2:42 PM, Andrew Rist wrote: >> >> Moving right along... >> >> I'd like to restart the discussion over choosing a PMC Chair. The >> previous proposed process was discussed in: >> http://markmail.org/message/mrgnjtiuum5bovjd >> I'd like to take up where that left off. >> >> Here is the process (with minor modifications) from the original: >> >> You can read about the duties of a PMC Chair here: >> http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair >> >> 1) Nominations would be open for 72 hours. Anyone can nominate >> someone for the role. Self-nominations are fine. And of course >> nominations can be declined. >> >> 2) If there is only one nomination, then we are done, provided there >> are no sustained objections. >> >> 3) If there is more than one nomination we discuss on the list for >> another 72 hours. Discussion would primarily be on ooo-dev, but some >> subjects might be directed to ooo-private. >> >> 4) If after 72-hours discussion there are still two or more nominees >> then we vote. Everyone would be welcome to vote, but binding votes >> would be from PPMC members. If there are more than 2 candidates, >> there will be a run-off vote between the top two nominees if none of >> the nominees receive an outright majority. >> >> >> (note: the last item was changed from the original - nothing more >> complicated than a two way run-off is needed, as it is unlikely we have more >> than two nominees.) >> I think this process is straight forward enough that we should just begin >> the process now. >> >> Andrew >> >> >> > -- Regards Yong Lin Ma
