It is correct that VPs (e.g. PMC chairs) are not necessarily Members, though it is common that such individuals are nominated for membership at the next opportunity.
If we made foundation membership a requirement for PMC chairs we would be limiting the project communities choice for the role of chair based on foundational merit. That would not be appropriate. On 8 Jul 2014 19:43, "Issac Goldstand" <mar...@beamartyr.net> wrote: > Ross, > > So to clarify, not all ASF officers are necessarily ASF members? > > Issac > > On 06/07/2014 16:14, Ross Gardler wrote: > > The officer is the PMC chair, not all chairs are members. > > > > Sent from my phone - please forgive brevity and typos > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Issac Goldstand" <mar...@beamartyr.net> > > Sent: 7/8/2014 12:10 > > To: "dev@community.apache.org" <dev@community.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: Proposing for Apache Member? > > > > On 06/07/2014 09:48, Ross Gardler wrote: > >> > > [snip] > > but not all projects have existing members acting as the eyes and ears. > > [/snip] > >> > > > > Don't they? > > > > "In addition to the officers of the corporation, the Board of Directors > > may, by resolution, establish one or more Project Management Committees > > consisting of at least one officer of the corporation, who shall be > > designated chairman of such committee, and may include one or more other > > members of the corporation." > > > > http://apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html#6.3 > > > > Issac > > > > > > > > > >
