>From the Chair,
As part of responsibility to understand and account for the operational
capacity and sustainability of the project, I have initial observations
concerning the sustainability of the AOO Project Management Committee itself.
I am proposing an action plan for which I will be accountable.
Questions? Suggestions? Particulars, ideas about strengthening the PMC in both
breadth and depth, etc.
- Dennis
PMC STATUS (as of August 31, 2015)
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SUSTAINABILITY DANGER SIGNS
The AOO Project Management Committee was unable or unwilling to find a
replacement in its own ranks for retiring Chair, Andrea Pescetti. The election
of a new Chair was held between two non-PMC nominees after there was no
consensus on the only PMC member who stood as a nominee.
On the subsequent retirement of that new Chair, the only nominee to step
forward had been on the PMC six months and had no PMC involvement since
graduation of the AOO podling in October, 2012.
That Chair-elect will retire in September, 2016.
TODAY'S PMC
The AOO PMC consists of 26 individuals
19 have remained continuously out of the
23 from TLP formation in October, 2012.
7 are new or returned PMC members
6 of the current PMC are Apache Software Foundation
Members, including the one Past Chair
2015-08-23 Jan Iverson retired
2015-02-13 Dennis E. Hamilton joined the PMC
2015-02-11 Jan Iverson returned to PMC as Chair
2015-01-03 Mechtilde and Dr. Michael Stehmann were added
The last preceding addition was on 2014-01-16
The last preceding retirement was on 2014-08-30
The complete PMC membership history is available at
<https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/pmc/project-state/2015-09-08-PMC-MembershipStatus.pdf>
ACTION PLAN
Collect and maintain materials on everything that involves a Chair so that
transition to a new Chair can happen smoothly at any time.
With the PMC, work to expand diversity with respect to the many components of
the Apache OpenOffice Project so the reach of the project is understood by the
collective PMC membership.
With the PMC, expand depth of the bench with respect to experience and
availability of participants prepared to step into the Chair position. Involve
PMC members in Chair procedures as much as possible.
FOLLOW-UP
January 2016 on materials for review and understanding of the PMC and for
hand-off to an incoming Chair.
April 2016 and quarterly thereafter assess PMC readiness to oversee the breadth
of Project operations and provide a Chair from within its own body.
September 2016 PMC have at least three able and available candidates for
recommendation as new Chair, with effortless transition of a recommended
successor on ratification by the Board.
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