On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Joseph Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > This argument reminds me of the current debate in Congress about whether or > not military sex offense reporting should remain within the chain of > command. Proponents argue that it's hard to hold commanders accountable if > they aren't empowered to act; adversaries say victims are afraid to report > while retribution remains possible.
I don't agree with that line of reasoning because the PMC Chair is not supposed to be the commanding officer of a project. I think it's an abuse of the position to act that way, and personally, I do not covet that power. To my mind, the analogy with the military justice system does not apply because the PMC chair is *only* the ombud, not the commander. If others consider that view of the PMC Chair role too idealistic, I guess I find that disappointing. But maybe it's so tempting to wield the VP title to further your own agenda that having some percentage of Apache PMC Chairs fail as ombud is a statistical certainty. If the IPMC arrives at a consensus that an independent ombud is necessary, so be it. Until that time, I consider that role the chair's responsibility as part of the instruction to "ensure that everyone has a chance to be heard"[1]. Should the Board pass the resolution appointing me as IPMC Chair on Wednesday, I think anyone who has read my posts over the years knows that I'd pursue the task with zeal. Marvin Humphrey [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
