Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Just catching up on mail (and pretty tired, so forgive me if not everything is clear / using words not in an English dictionary. ) Henri Yandell wrote: What do people think to the following: 1) Every existing committer not on the pmc receives an email asking if they would like to join the pm

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Stephen Colebourne
Henri Yandell wrote: What do people think to the following: 1) Every existing committer not on the pmc receives an email asking if they would like to join the pmc. Once that email is sent they are marked in a file as having had the email sent and we can wash our hands until a reply comes in.

Re: PMC nominations was Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: Henri, What is the procedure for PMC nominations these days? I would like to propose Roland for PMC nomination. He's been an indispensable member of the HttpComponents project for many years. What list am I supposed to send the proposal to? jakarta-

PMC nominations was Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 15:05 -0400, Henri Yandell wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Roland Weber wrote: > > > Hello Henri, > > > > I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. > > > >> So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're > >> supposed to be proactive ab

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: Henri, out of sheer curiosity, where is it documented that a commons committer doesn't have a binding vote? The only thing I could find in the charter [1] was a l

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Roland Weber
Hi Henri, > By being a part of the PMC (and active on the PMC if you're an active > committer), then you are ensuring that the foundation is involved in > decisions and not just you personally. Thanks, that sounds much better indeed. > Sorry to cause worry. It's the other way around from how you

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Roland Weber wrote: Hello Henri, I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're supposed to be proactive about Meaning that a PMC member should get an insurance that covers the cost of la

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Roland Weber
Hello Henri, I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. > So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're > supposed to be proactive about Meaning that a PMC member should get an insurance that covers the cost of lawsuits, or contact a lawyer right away to d

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Matt Benson
--- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: > > > Henri, out of sheer curiosity, where is it > documented > > that a commons committer doesn't have a binding > vote? > > The only thing I could find in the charter [1] was > a > > link to the Jakarta guideli

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: Hi, well, I always thought that the PMC also has a legal role for the code that it governs? So there might be committers that don't want to be on the PMC for that reason. Yeah, it does. The binding vote of the pmc, which provides oversight f

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: Henri, out of sheer curiosity, where is it documented that a commons committer doesn't have a binding vote? The only thing I could find in the charter [1] was a link to the Jakarta guidelines [2], which in turn links to a "Decision Making" page [3], which