+1 IBMiToolkit Why? Following the recent politics and activities in the FIG this sounded crazy at first. However, the more I think about it the more sense it makes. I think Paul's service, persistence, and tenacity would be greatly suited to the role.
I believe the secretary role has led to multiple instances of over-stepping by some carrying the title, and I think it is hurting the FIG despite the desire to improve it. The secretaries have taken too much of a leadership position rather than making their actual duties their main focus. I believe Paul will be instrumental in helping others in the secretary role perform the duties asked asked of them, without over-stepping. Paul is well known for his vocal, and no nonsense nature when guiding others in accordance to the bylaws and mission of the FIG, and I think he will be an asset in the secretary position. This is the type of leadership that is needed amongst the secretaries, to ensure they are aiding the members in a constructive way. Having Paul as a secretary will facilitate allowing members to focus on important things, and help remove the political distractions from the work at hand. Regards, Adam Culp IBMiToolkit On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 2:27:40 PM UTC-4, Nate Abele wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'd like to nominate Paul Jones as FIG secretary. Paul has a long history > of diligent, detailed, careful work in the service of the PHP community, > going back to the very first set of formal PHP framework benchmarks, > continuing through co-founding FIG, and doing the research and analysis > (and writing) that have lead to a number of PSRs. > > Of late, there seem to be differences of opinion over FIG's future > direction, and it seems to me that some of the... *ahem*, lack of > productivity in some of the ML traffic has been the result of philosophical > differences over what FIG *should* be. I believe the vision Paul has laid > out will help the FIG continue to do the practical, impactful work it's > been known for at the best of times, by streamlining processes, and > building consensus by iterating on practical, real-world examples. > > I know from personal experience that Paul has the discipline and patience > (and apparently the free time) to help guide the FIG accordingly. > > Thanks, > Nate > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PHP Framework Interoperability Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/php-fig/34800c02-f9e3-40fa-99bd-aa0e349437b9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
