On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > the "Roles and Responsibilities" document [1] says > in the section on Champions: > > <quote> > A candidate project shall be sponsored by > an Officer or Member of the Foundation. > </quote> > <quote> > Where the Champion is not a Member of the Foundation > (i.e. is an Officer only), the Champion shall be a > member of the PMC of the Sponsor. > </quote> > > I find the use of the verb "sponsor" in the > first quoted sentence somewhat confusing. > But more importantly, the Policy [2] says > in its section on Champions: > > <quote> > A Member of the Apache Software Foundation > </quote> > > Given the level of detail in which the not-a-member case > is discussed in the guide, I suspect that it's the Policy > that should be updated and not the guide?
policy is normative, guides are just guidance the guide sounds like it's an improvement so the best approach would be to create a patch and start a VOTE thread to get the change approved. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
