On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 5:54 PM, Andrew Rist <[email protected]> wrote: >> I would like to nominate Andrea Pescetti. >> Andrea is one of the most active and well respected members of the project, >> and I believe he would make a great PMC Chair. >> > > +1. > > It is easy to offend people by actively working on this project. > > It is easy not to offend people by doing nothing real. > > But to actively contribute to the project, and to avoid offending or > being offended, this is a talent and a temperament that especially > recommends Andrea for this position.
Great comment, Rob. And a great candidate too, me thinks > > -Rob > >> Andrew >> >> >> >> >> On 9/27/2012 2:42 PM, Andrew Rist wrote: >>> >>> Moving right along... >>> >>> I'd like to restart the discussion over choosing a PMC Chair. The >>> previous proposed process was discussed in: >>> http://markmail.org/message/mrgnjtiuum5bovjd >>> I'd like to take up where that left off. >>> >>> Here is the process (with minor modifications) from the original: >>> >>> You can read about the duties of a PMC Chair here: >>> http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair >>> >>> 1) Nominations would be open for 72 hours. Anyone can nominate >>> someone for the role. Self-nominations are fine. And of course >>> nominations can be declined. >>> >>> 2) If there is only one nomination, then we are done, provided there >>> are no sustained objections. >>> >>> 3) If there is more than one nomination we discuss on the list for >>> another 72 hours. Discussion would primarily be on ooo-dev, but some >>> subjects might be directed to ooo-private. >>> >>> 4) If after 72-hours discussion there are still two or more nominees >>> then we vote. Everyone would be welcome to vote, but binding votes >>> would be from PPMC members. If there are more than 2 candidates, >>> there will be a run-off vote between the top two nominees if none of >>> the nominees receive an outright majority. >>> >>> >>> (note: the last item was changed from the original - nothing more >>> complicated than a two way run-off is needed, as it is unlikely we have more >>> than two nominees.) >>> I think this process is straight forward enough that we should just begin >>> the process now. >>> >>> Andrew >>> >>> >>> >> -- http://www.grobmeier.de https://www.timeandbill.de
