On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: > > On Jan 29, 2012, at 6:18 AM, Ate Douma wrote: > >> >> FTR: as should be clear from my above response, I disagree with the topic of >> this discussion thread. This should be about Regular (re)election of the PMC >> Chair. Regular rotation IMO would be unwise and undesirable. > > Good point. I share the same opinion.
Let me try to state some alternatives: 1) No particular policy: The PMC has no special policy about recommending a new chair to the board. It will happen if the chair resigns, or if the PMC as a whole reaches a consensus on a change. 2) Fixed election schedule: On some schedule (e.g. annually), nominations are opened, including potentially the current chair, and a vote takes place. (I'd hate to have to fire up the full secret ballot mechanism used for board members.) Whomever wins is recommended to the board. 3) Rotation policy: On some schedule, the PMC chooses a new chair to recommend to the board 'whether it needs one or not.' This could be viewed as 'term limits'. If we don't reach a consensus on something else, we stick with the current state of affairs, which is, I claim, (1). We could adopt both (2) and (3): purely for example, we could have an annual election, but a 5-year maximum on continuous service. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
