I believe Chair doesn't need our approval to start such a discussion :) Probably we should set Chair reelection date to make this work?
Sergi 2015-09-10 2:39 GMT+03:00 Roman Shaposhnik <[email protected]>: > Obviously I'm a big +1 on that proposal since I have seen it work > very well. > > Thanks, > Roman. > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Konstantin Boudnik <[email protected]> wrote: > > Guys, > > > > I want to drop it on the list and see what are the thoughts the PMC. I > think > > it would be very beneficial for the members of this community if we > institute > > a policy to have regular rotations of the Chair. We do this in Bigtop > and it > > works real well for a couple of reasons: > > - it provides an opportunity to anyone in the PMC to try this hat on > and get > > more involved in the inner-workings of the ASF and see how the board > operates > > - it guarantees that once you're a chair you aren't stuck holding the > bag > > forever and can pass it on if your time allocation changes > > - such a policy makes the PMC very transparent > > > > And of course it doesn't mean that a new person _has_ to be the chair > each > > cycle. The same chair should remain if no one is nominated or gets the > > majority of the votes. > > > > At Bigtop we passed a resolution to oblige the active chair to start the > > [DISCUSS] thread at the end of his annual tenure and ask for > nominations. The > > active chair remains and no [VOTE] is needed if no nominations are made. > > Pretty lazy and simple. > > > > If people aren't familiar with what's the PMC Chair and why all that > fuzz, > > please read on > > https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair > > And I recommend everyone to take a look above PMC guide if you never > seen it > > before. > > > > Thoughts? > > Cos >
