On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 4:41 AM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: > I very much prefer to set a bar for active. The only time the inactive > PMC members come out of the closet is if they are rallied to vote for > a controversial issue. If you're not involved in the project > (anymore), I don't think you should be allowed to have a binding vote.
Erik There's a longstanding principle of Apache that "merit never expires." The idea is that if a person has ever contributed something worthy of giving him or her a binding voice on the project, that contribution is permanent and the person always has a binding voice on the project. It's a recognition that people's priorities and interests change and that we should allow people to move in and out of the daily function of the project as their priorities drive them. So I think there are two things we should remember: 1) As a project we should make it easy for PMC members to move in and out of the PMC. If a PMC member resigns most projects consider them in "emeritus" status and that means they can rejoin the project simply by asking. We should also invite people to join the PMC recognizing it's a permanent status. 2) As individuals we should let the project know when our priorities have changed by resigning from the PMC, knowing that if our priorities change again, we can easily come back. Greg
