On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 07:37:38PM -0500, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > You are talking about oversight and reporting. By ensuring that multiple > PMC members are participating on each PPMC; by instilling a sense of > responsibility and accountability in the PPMC, itself; by using the STATUS > file; and by asking for periodic reports, I believe that we can be alert for > the exceptions. > > We should be designing our structure for the normal case. When an abnormal > case happens, that is when the Incubator PMC Chair can take charge to > restore normalcy (personally, or through mentors designated at that time). > But it is not uncommon that if you design rules because of exceptions, that > people come to treat them as if they also apply to the norm.
One thing -- the Chair does not "take charge" of anything. The Chair is a representative to the Board. The PMC itself is responsible for the project (and in our case, the subprojects like the PPMCs), not just the Chair. -aaron --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
