It seems there are two factors in presenting candidacy for Chair, and a bigger
question.
1. Does the candidate appreciate and accept the responsibilities of being
accountable to the Board and serving as Apache Vice President for OpenOffice.
(The available descriptions are a bit abstract. I suspect there is some
On-the-Job training. It seems to me that the key responsibility has to do with
the legal umbrella that the Foundation provides and how it applies to Apache
Projects, their committers, and the PMC. Then there's having a finger on the
pulse of the Project and attending to its sustainability and operating within
the few but specific constraints that are part of being an Apache Project.)
2. What else do folks expect of a candidate? In the last [DISCUSS] and [VOTE]
there are apparently other expectations and criteria. That needs to be
expressed and explained, not even so much by candidates but by the folks who
seem to have strong preferences. We also need to determine whether that has
anything to do with the responsibilities of the Chair and see if they should be
treated separately as matters of emergent leadership and not a Chair duty. For
example, topic #2 on promoting action is a PMC responsibility as Andrea reports
below.
And finally, who has their hat in the ring? That is, who are nominating
themselves or are at least willing to be nominated? We need some way to
calibrate expectations and clarifying what is appropriate to expect before we
take another run at a [VOTE], and [potential] candidates need to work on that
with the community so we can get the job done this time.
-- Dennis E. Hamilton
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From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org]
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 15:45
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] #1 New PMC Chair (was RE: Short-term priorities for
OpenOffice)
Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
[ ... ]
> 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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