Welcome Marvin. Your message reads exciting.
Cheers Christian On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> I have tendered my resignation as VP, Incubator. The PMC has recommend >> Marvin Humphrey as my successor in a motion submitted to the >> Foundation board for consideration at the meeting next week. > > Thank you for serving as Chair, Benson. I have very much enjoyed > participating in the Incubator during your time in office. > > Thanks as well to everyone who has contributed to the Incubator over the years > for having taught me so much, collectively; and thanks to the current members > of the IPMC for honoring me with the Chair's responsibilities. I love my > career as an open-source developer and I'm glad for the chances the Incubator > provides to foster successful projects and make it easier for others to take > the same path. > > For those reading this list who are not yet familiar with the role that a "PMC > Chair" plays in the governance of a typical Apache project, the most visible > task is to deliver a report to the Apache Software Foundation's Board of > Directors every three months. Aside from that, the Chair generally > participates in project development as an ordinary member of the PMC. Under > normal circumstances, it is not a demanding job. > > http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair > > The Incubator is different because it reports monthly and aggregates the > reports of many podlings. Our report is the closest thing the Incubator has > to a product, and when done well, it offers substantial value by keeping us > coordinated and focused. However, well-done Incubator reports have > historically required substantial individual effort by the Chair. > > My primary goal as Chair will be to streamline the report procedure. I hope > to build institutions and increase automation in order that the Incubator may > deliver consistently high-quality reports month after month regardless of any > one person's availability as the board meeting approaches. > > Some ASF projects elect their PMC Chair annually; for others, the Chair may > serve for an indefinite period. I have proposed to serve for six months and > then make way for someone else -- both because I have other projects I am > putting on hold and will want to return to, and because experience has taught > me that rotating multiple people through a leadership role enriches the > community and deepens involvement. > > If all goes well, perhaps my successor will not have to work as hard as I will > to live up to the standards set by my predecessors. > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
