Sounds good. I'll happily volunteer for the position. I also think the 12 month term is a fantastic idea that we should absolutely adopt.
On 2023/11/29 18:12:17 Julian Hyde wrote: > The link says it very well. The main job of the Chair (aka VP) is to > communicate with the board. They don’t have any greater power than any other > PMC member, although they “hold the microphone” and so can help start and > shape the discussions. > > Typically one, two or three candidates volunteer, or are nominated. And then > there’s a vote, which is not very contentious because no one *really* wants > to do the job. :) > > In my opinion, Nga, Riley and Stepheny (in no particular order) would each do > an excellent job. > > The vote is often on the private@ list but, in Calcite at least, we decided > to call for nominations on the dev@ list. > > A few projects have a policy where the chair stands down after a 12 month > term and holds a new election (often on the anniversary of graduation). In my > opinion this works well, because it brings in new blood, and prevents one > person being seen as the ‘benevolent dictator for life’ (BDFL). > > Julian > > > > On Nov 29, 2023, at 6:59 AM, Riley Kuttruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > At today's monthly meeting, there were 2 questions brought up regarding the > > role of PMC chair upon graduation: > > > > 1. What is the process for selecting the proposed chair? Is it a vote held > > on the mailing list or is it a position volunteered for by anyone on the > > PPMC? > > > > 2. What role / responsibilities does the PMC chair take on? Is there > > anything beyond what is listed at [1]? > > > > We're hoping to get to a vote on graduation soon, so knowing this would be > > very helpful, thanks! > > > > -Riley > > > > [1] https://apache.org/foundation/governance/pmcs.html#legal > >
