Good point, Ken =:0) I'll make the patch, but the document's been "in committee" for some time now. I doubt that it will ever be adopted, since the PMC will probably wait-and-see what the Incubator cranks out.
I put the proposal together a couple of years ago but ran out of steam before ever cutting a "release candidate". -Ted. 11/6/2002 7:04:40 AM, Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >in looking for references to costin's remarks about revolution, >i found <url:http://jakarta.apache.org/site/proposal.html>. i > don't >know if that's the document from which he was working, but it's >an interesting read nonetheless. > >however, there is one section that i think needs clarification. >under the pmc membership section, > >> The Chair or any member may be removed from the PMC by a >> super-majority vote of the PMC members. > >that is only partially possible. the chair of a pmc can *not* be >removed by anyone except the asf board of directors, because the chair >has the board-delegated legal authority over and responsibility for >the project. > >the pmc (or anyone, for that matter) may petition the board for >removal/change of a chair, but it does not have the power to make the >change itself. > >----------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
