On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Michal Hriň <h...@apache.org> wrote:
> Dňa 01.01.2015 o 23:16 jan i napísal(a): > > On 1 January 2015 at 22:57, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> As I wrote yesterday, it's time to start looking for a new PMC Chair that >>> can replace me (only for these specific duties; I'll of course continue >>> with all my other activities, that are the vast majority) when >>> applicable. >>> We are not in a hurry as I will take care of the January Board report, >>> but >>> it's good to start moving. >>> >>> Let's take several days, until 10 January, to receive nominations (or >>> self-nominations) for the next PMC Chair. Just reply to this e-mail with >>> nominations. >>> >>> My duties as a Chair cover only a minimal part of my activity in >>> OpenOffice, so it's good that I point out what is expected of a Chair: >>> http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair >>> >>> 1) The Chair is the interface between the Project Management Committee >>> and >>> the Apache Board. The Chair takes responsibilities for the quarterly >>> report >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Board+Reports >>> >>> 2) The chair is a facilitator and their role within the PMC is to ensure >>> that everyone has a chance to be heard and to enable meetings to flow >>> smoothly. There is no concept of "leader" in the Apache way. >>> >>> 3) After the project has elected new committers or PMC members, the Chair >>> is responsible for the needed updates to the Apache LDAP groups. >>> >>> >> You describe very correctly the duties of a chair, seen from our bylaws. >> But apart from that, there seems be an unwritten rule.... the chair is >> normally also quite active.. >> >> In the bigger part of ASF projects, the PMC is active together with the >> chair, in that case chair function is purely administrative. >> >> You can find some project where the chair is active, but the rest of the >> PMC is only limited active, in that case the chair should be active in >> reactivating the PMC. >> >> I have yet to find a project where the chair is inactive while the PMC is >> active. >> >> Bear in mind I dont speak of the chair as a role (which you have already >> correctly described), but the person behind the role. That person, should >> always have a finger on the pulse of the community, be prepared to help >> solve conflicts....of course if the PMC group is active, this is not a >> problem.....and most importantly that person should having the backing of >> the PMC group. >> >> >> rgds >> jan I. >> >> >> > OK, we know what are duties of PMC Chair. > Both of you didn't get out a names of candidates. Probably, I know your > view, but please, put it here. > > So here I chose some people, to make this election easier. > > Rob Weir > Marcus Lange > Key Schenk > > This are I thing object reasons, looking on activity on mailing lists (dev > && l10n && commits) for last year and for a time after last release. > > This is not my finite vote. I will wait for others nominations. > > And don't to forget, named people, express your opinion here, if you want, > are willing and able to do this. > > Regards, > Michal Hriň I am nominating Rob Weir . Reasons -- * active in both OpenOffice and ODF * one of the initial proposers/committers to establish OpenOffice at Apache http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal * years of experience in the OpenOffice derivative, Symphony * demonstrated leadership in this project * participates and attends open source and OpenOffice events * recently appointed member of the Apache Software Foundation -- http://www.apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2014/board_minutes_2014_07_16.txt > > > >>> So please go on with your nominations. We don't have strict rules about >>> eligibility. As I verified, nominees needn't be PMC members, since they >>> can >>> be admitted to the PMC as part of their election. They needn't be >>> OpenOffice committers either, but in practice the new Chair needs to >>> have a >>> good knowledge of the project, so I see it reasonable (but again, not >>> mandatory) that the new Chair is chosen among the OpenOffice committers: >>> http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#openoffice >>> >>> Regards, >>> Andrea. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >>> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "There's a bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out." -- Lou Reed
