This is wonderful news Félicitations Herve! Martin Gainty __________________________________
> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 11:42:19 +0200 > From: khmarba...@gmx.de > To: dev@maven.apache.org > Subject: Re: Welcome our new VP of Apache Maven, Hervé Boutemy > > Hi Hervé, > > congratulations to being VP .....the unlucky victim.... > > > Kind regards > Karl-Heinz Marbaise > > On 7/19/14 11:42 PM, Stephen Connolly wrote: > > The role of VP of maven is more a technical and legal responsibility in > > that the ASF board requires an officer of the foundation to delegate the > > powers vested in the PMC to. > > > > A few years back, John Casey suggested that we should try rotating this > > burden amongst the PMC on a yearly-ish basis. > > > > I have been PMC chair for the last year, and it has been fun times, but > > when I took the unlucky victim role I said it would be for one year only. > > > > True to my word, I asked the PMC to nominate a replacement. Hervé was > > selected and at the most recent board meeting I was released from these > > responsibilities with board approving Hervé as our new VP > > > > Everyone please congratulate Hervé on being our next unlucky victim! > > > > Please also remember that it is the community that determines the direction > > of this project. The PMC is there to ensure the project plays by the rules, > > the PMC chair is here to serve the project, board and PMC. > > > > I wish Hervé all the best for his stint... And I won't fear taking the > > baton up again next time ;-) > > > > - Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >