In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Stephen McConnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > Let me summarize the numbers for you concerning the level of > participation: > > Area Committers PMC Engagement Vote Engagement > --------------------------------------------------------- > Total 31 11 (35%) 9 (29%) >... > I'm not qualified to interpret these results, suffice to say that I'm > confident that a silent majority have expressed an opinion.
IMO, if somebody is going to ask to be on the PMC, then they are providing an implicit +1 to the proposal. Second, people only tend to vote when they see things going "the wrong way." If nine people have sent in a +1 and *none* against, and Joe Lurker also feels "+1", then will he actually bother to send in a vote? Nah... why bother? The vote is progressing fine. On the other hand, if he disagreed with the apparent direction, then oh yah.. they'll vote to try and ensure it swings properly". Third, a missing vote is only that. A missing vote. That isn't even an abstention! If people aren't voting, then they aren't participating, and it doesn't even matter what they think. You have to participate if you want to affect the direction. In this case, the people who are interested and participating have overwhelming supported the construction of a PMC for Avalon. Cheers, -g -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ASF Chairman ... http://www.apache.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
