Dennis, > On 24 Aug 15, at 21:26, Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org> wrote: > > I am changing the practice of development and submission of Reports to the > Board. > > Technically, Reports to the Board are an accountability of the PMC Chair to > the ASF Board of Directors. It is one of the matters that is an obligation > of the Chair and it is to the Board and only the Board. > > Clearly, the PMC holds the responsibility for the project and will contribute > and be consulted. However, the direct accountability to the Board is the > Chair's alone. > > Until further notice, the AOO Report to the Board will be developed by the > Chair privately with the PMC and will not be made or discussed in public > before its submission and acceptance by the Board. Subsequent to that > acceptance and its publication by the Board, typically a month later, the > final version will also be made available for the information of the full > Apache OpenOffice community and as part of the project's historical materials. > > This change does not diminish in any manner the participation of the overall > community as reflected here at dev@ oo.a.o and as represented by the PMC. > All deliberations and discussion that do not require confidentiality for some > reason (mainly personnel matters and private requests) will be carried out > here. > > I expect working in public to increase greatly, not to diminish, and you will > all have earlier awareness of substantive developments. > > Because there had been a different practice for previous Board Reports, I > wanted you to know what would change rather than leaving a question about > what is happening with the future reports. > > - Dennis >
Thanks for the explanation on process. But I ask an intentionally naïve question. What is contained in the Report to the Board? Best, Louis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
