On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > My rationale is that the chair also makes sense to be someone > heavily vested in the project’s success which of course you are > Sam. We don’t have to worry about BDFL here. You’re the opposite > and someone we trust. > > Beyond that, if someone else really comes up in Whimsy (like Sebb > is doing), maybe at some point he steps in as chair..
OK, the board meeting is coming up in a little over a week. I guess I should submit a chair change resolution? - Sam Ruby > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Chief Architect > Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: <sa3r...@gmail.com> on behalf of Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> > Reply-To: "dev@whimsical.apache.org" <dev@whimsical.apache.org> > Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 12:08 PM > To: "dev@whimsical.apache.org" <dev@whimsical.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Perhaps I ought to step down as PMC Chair after-all > >>On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (3980) >><chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >>> +1 thank you for your service Ross. >>> >>> Sam prepared the report this month - any objections to him >>> being the chair? >> >>I'm not opposed to the workload, but if there is anybody else >>willing/able to take this role, I think it would help ensure that >>there were multiple eyes on the project. I think that was part of the >>thinking behind Ross's original volunteering for this role; but (quite >>understandably given his workload), it didn't quite work out as hoped. >> >>- Sam Ruby >
