Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
Here are some discussion points.
It's good background reading. I recommend that people do read it. But
I'd like to move here without too much useless discussion.
1. TIMING
The next meeting of the board is at 2014-02-18T18:30Z. A motion
to the board would be posted at least two days before that. An
appropriate time for balloting would be from 2014-02-09T20:00Z
to around 2014-02-15T00:00Z (midnight), for example. If that's
too soon, then in time for March.
Too soon? No, I definitely prefer that we close it before that time. As
soon as I see consensus on proceeding without constantly overlapping
discussions on unrelated things, I'll propose that we move forward with
#1. And the sooner we get it done the better. Discussions started on 1
January, we wrote enough.
2. OFFICIAL DUTIES OF THE CHAIR
The Chair will be made a Member of the ASF if not one already.
This is frequent, but not 100% correct. A Chair doesn't need to be a
member, and won't necessarily become a Member.
(I note in the bylaws of the ASF that the terms of the Chair
and of the PMC members are stated to be one year. I don't
believe that's quite how it is being done.)
It's there, but it's surely different in practice. Current Board
resolutions appoint a Chair "until death, resignation, retirement,
removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed".
3. OTHER EXPECTATIONS
It might be unwise to inject responsibilities for the Chair
that are not the responsibilities of any and every PMC member
Indeed. We elect a Chair as the officer who connects OpenOffice and
Apache. But project governance in the hands of the PMC, not of the
Chair, so setting directions belongs on item #2.
Regards,
Andrea.
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