On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Burrell Donkin ha scritto: > > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Stefano Bagnara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > >> My opinion is that the whole issue should be an HIGH priority for the > >> ASF but I'm not entitled in spamming the lists to give this more > >> visibility. Maybe you or another *member* would be taken in better > >> consideration. > > > > stefano - you misunderstand the difference between the PPMCer and > > member role. henri has posted a good diagam here: > > http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/821 > > > > this is an issue for JAMES and the JAMES PPMC not the membership. > > you're on the PPMC and have every right to push this issue forward. > > you are absolutely entitled to repeatedly post on committee lists > > until someone gives you an answer. if the committees aren't listening > > after a reasonable attempt to raise the visibility of the issue then > > you should ask the board to look into it for you. > > > > - robert > > Thank you for the procedure explanation (I think I understood what is a > PMC member and what is an ASF member.. and I think that a member has a > real legal role inside the ASF while a PMC member only has a role given > by the ASF itself and not by the law. That's why I say that a member > would be taken in better consideration. I don't know specific US laws, > but I know how foundations works here).
that's not quite right. PMC members have official legal status within apache and can act on behalf of apache. the members own apache. > BTW, what are the "committee lists" ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ? > legal-discuss ? repository ? in addition to the project management committees, there are a number of other official committees for example the legal committee. these have associated mailing lists. in the case of legal, these are legal discuss and legal private. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
