Thanks andrea for clarifying the issue, but since you make the board reports using the wiki, may I politely suggest that you either include a link to the page you mention, or (much better) have short version on the same wiki (just copy the text you wrote to me).
I am not trying to be backwards, I just want the community to know why we are doing, what we are doing, and by the way my opinion is that a board is good as a backstopper for policy discussions. There are soo many people out there, thinking we are part of a big "company" and not making real open software, so I think a little "eductation" or "advertisment" would do no harm. have a nice sunday. Jan. On 8 December 2012 16:44, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > janI wrote: > >> Could you please or someone else make a wiki page, that explains the >> setup, >> and why we (as volunteers) have to report to a board !! >> > > Hi Jan, there's plenty of documentation about that, but no need to worry! > You can find the basic information here: > http://apache.org/foundation/**how-it-works.html#structure<http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#structure> > > But, in short, the Apache Foundation, as it is reasonable for an > organization of this size (even if volunteers-driven) has a Board, that is > responsible for overseeing the general functioning of the organization. > > A fundamental difference between a company Board and the Apache Board is > that the Apache Board is not deciding on strategy or day-to-day management > of the project: Apache OpenOffice is fully self-managing and all decisions > are taken on this mailing list. Indeed you are an Apache OpenOffice > committer and never saw the Board interfering with our discussions or > decisions. > > However, as a registered non-profit charity, the Apache Foundation has a > few legal obligations and the Board needs to stay informed about the > projects' activity, since it is ultimately accountable for that: so the > project (and this is one of my tasks) periodically has to write a short > report like the one you have seen and send it to the Board. In future (from > January 2013) this will happen every 3 months. > > Regards, > Andrea. >
