+1 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Bowser [mailto:bows...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 3:35 PM To: dev Subject: Re: Nomination for a new chair for Apache Cordova
+1 to this! On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'll second the nomination. > I think Shaz is a perfect candidate. > > @purplecabbage > risingj.com > > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Ross Gerbasi <rgerb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Good stuff, Shazron has always been a huge resource, main guy I turn >> to for any deeper questions. Just hoping this doesn't cut into the >> amount of awesome updates and enhancements we see! :) >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> >> > Geez, see how bad I am at this? I meant Shazron Abdullah not that >> > other guy. =S >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: >> > >> > > Hello Cordova community. To this point I've served as the chair >> > > for the Cordova PMC. >> > > >> > > The duties of chair are solely administrative: board reports, and >> > > book keeping of committer nominations. Some projects at Apache >> > > have more >> > formal >> > > incantations. We have, so far, preferred to maintain our >> > > lightweight approach meaning a committer is a PMC member too. >> > > This involves sending >> > an >> > > email, updating a text file in SVN, and running a few perl >> > > scripts on http://people.apache.org. Keeping those books is >> > > important if some day there is a dispute to the veracity of our source. >> > > >> > > In evaluation of my current workload these additional book >> > > keeping responsibilities are not appropriate for me to prioritize >> > > and that is >> not >> > > fair to Cordova. >> > > >> > > I'm going to step down as chair for Cordova and I would like to >> nominate >> > > Shazron Abdullha to take on the role. Shaz has been with the >> > > project >> > since >> > > before it was called Cordova. He lands more code than most, >> > > interacts directly with the community more than anyone, and is >> > > committed to work >> on >> > > Cordova solely full time. He'll be a better chair than I ever was. >> > > >> > > I won't be going anywhere and (I hope!) this means I can >> > > contribute >> more >> > > code than emails in the future. We can be formal and go to a vote >> > > if >> > there >> > > is objection or interest in seeing someone else take the admin >> > > duties >> on. >> > > Otherwise, I'll aim to shoot the board official notice early next week. >> > > >> > >>