Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-06 Thread Henry Saputra
Thanks for all the hard work Roman! - Henry On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > Hi! > > when a honor of the IPMC chair was bestowed on > me beginning of 2014 it was crucial that the > position remains to be rotated among IPMC members. > As an aside: while Marvin felt that

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-06 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:40 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > ...First of all, I really appreciate the positive feedback on my tenure > expressed on this thread Hey it looks like I missed this one: big thanks Roman for your work here! Leaving so soon, really? ;-) -Bertrand

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-05 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
Hi! I think this thread has achieved its goal and the real discussion is now happening on the thread re: Benson's proposal. I couldn't have asked for more -- lets move the real discussion over there. Before we do that, however, I wanted to make a few quick remarks. First of all, I really apprecia

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-05 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Dec 31, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > when a honor of the IPMC chair was bestowed on > me beginning of 2014 it was crucial that the > position remains to be rotated among IPMC members. > As an aside: while Marvin felt that the ideal rotation period > was 6 month my personal bel

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-02 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > You might push > back on the board, formally, and challenge them to either officially > be discontented or leave the iPMC alone. I've been defending the Incubator before the Board for some time. I actually called in to the December Board

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-02 Thread Hadrian Zbarcea
On 01/01/2015 08:32 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: I'd like to raise a topic directly related to the succession. To start, three cheers for Roman for all his hard work! cheers += 3; - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr

RE: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-02 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
From: Marvin Humphrey<mailto:mar...@rectangular.com> Sent: ‎1/‎1/‎2015 7:51 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > three cheers for Roman f

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-02 Thread Benson Margulies
Marvin, I did go away. I came back to help with a podling, and fell into a conversation started by discontented board members. You might push back on the board, formally, and challenge them to either officially be discontented or leave the iPMC alone. Me, I have an idea for a proposal that might m

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > three cheers for Roman for all his hard work! +1! +1! +1! > For all other projects in the Foundation, we say, 'The chair is just a > clerk who facilitates communications with the board.' Here at the > IPMC, we expect the chair to be mode

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-01 Thread Benson Margulies
I'd like to raise a topic directly related to the succession. To start, three cheers for Roman for all his hard work! For all other projects in the Foundation, we say, 'The chair is just a clerk who facilitates communications with the board.' Here at the IPMC, we expect the chair to be moderator o

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-01 Thread Benson Margulies
On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 6:46 AM, Upayavira wrote: > The incubator PMC does fulfill one important role, that of being a > vettor of releases. It doesn't always do it well, but sometimes it does. > The scenario you describe above would put that responsibility entirely > upon the mentors. > > I would

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2015-01-01 Thread Upayavira
The incubator PMC does fulfill one important role, that of being a vettor of releases. It doesn't always do it well, but sometimes it does. The scenario you describe above would put that responsibility entirely upon the mentors. I would argue though, that it doesn't require a 100+ committee to ful

Re: Reflections from the outgoing Chair

2014-12-31 Thread John D. Ament
Roman, Thank you for your time as the chair. I eagerly look forward to the point where there is no need for the IPMC. John On Wed Dec 31 2014 at 8:27:54 PM Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > Hi! > > when a honor of the IPMC chair was bestowed on > me beginning of 2014 it was crucial that the > positi