Hi Dennis I have absolutely no problem with your changes as long as September 5th remain unchanged.
however as we both know, the opinion thst I should follow the idea of a single persone have been raised quite direct in private, do could you please endure PMC consensus to the proposal. With consensus I willchabfe it imidiatly. rgds jan i On Thursday, July 30, 2015, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org> wrote: > This is not a nomination statement. It is a comment and a procedural > suggestion. > > COMMENT > > Jan, > > I am certain that you gave deep consideration to your decision to resign. > I trust that you have other pursuits that are more satisfying and that you > can now provide full devotion to. I wish you good fortune in all endeavors > that you commit your considerable energies to. > > For me, your continued participation on the PMC, at whatever level you > choose, will be welcome. > > PROPOSAL > > Two things, > > 1. If there is only one nominee at the end of discussion, I suggest that > a (5-day or 7-day) lazy consensus period, not a [VOTE], be conducted for > that candidate. This allows discussion on the specific candidate, > including response to any objections, and the achievement of consensus > without the awful situation that Louis Suarez-Potts endured in the previous > determination of a Chair recommendation. > > 2. I think candidates should be current PMC members (although that could > simply be a matter of stated qualifications in the process we are starting > now). I base that on neither of the previous candidates being current PMC > members. I found, for myself, on joining the PMC after the previous > election, that I was definitely missing background and understanding of the > status of the PMC and issues it was being faced with. I also missed seeing > the way the outgoing Chair (i.e., Andrea Pescetti) provided examples as a > PMC Chair. For those who consider this role, please consult and embrace > the definition of PMC Chair responsibilities at < > https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair>. > > - Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: jan i [mailto:j...@apache.org <javascript:;>] > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 03:39 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org <javascript:;> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Would you like to be the new chair of AOO ? > > Hi. > > I will resign at the board meeting in September, so the current schedule > looks like: > Accept/Nominate/Discuss candidates until August 16th > Discussion ends August 23th > Voting ends September 4th > Resolution send to board September 5th. > New chair takes over immediately after the board meeting. > > [ ... ] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
