> -----Original Message----- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I agree on the federation idea, which Berin adopted for the XML TLP, but > please note that the XML Federation has no impact on TLP issues for the > Board. The federation idea is about fostering tighter collaboration > across > multiple communities that are in seperate TLPs. That has no effect on the > corporate structure, nor on the requirement for each TLP to separately > report to the Board. TLP reporting is a corporate structure issue, > whereas > federation is about sharing resources (e.g., web-site and mail domain) and > community building.
My admittedly naive and simplistic view of the situation is that projects adopting a federation approach now advantageously leave the door open to changes in the corporate structure if the need arises or at least would make such changes easier to implement. Maybe such need will never manifest and the Board will be able to oversee infinitely many well functioning effectively autonomous TLP PMCs, but then again, maybe not. Just a random thought. :) jaaron --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
