Hi Werner, On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Werner Keil <[email protected]> wrote: > ...What are the duties of the VP in the Apache process? > If that person does not have to be a board member, is the VP required to > attend board calls or similar?..
No, the main work of the PMC chair is to make sure the quarterly project report is delivered in time for the board meeting. Most PMCs write the reports collaboratively, but it's ultimately the responsibility of the PMC chair to report. PMC chairs are welcome to attend the monthly board calls, if they're interested or if there's something special to discuss. Apart from that, the PMC chair has to relay to the board proposals for new PMC members, and follow up to register these new PMC members in the appropriate files once approved (or rather not rejected, after a 72-hour grace period) by the board. Also, contrary to other organizations, the PMC chair doesn't have more power than other PMC members in discussions or votes. http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair has a bit more details but I think that's the core of it. And http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc has a more detailed definition of the role. People are sometimes disappointed about being a VP and not having more power than that, but that's how it works - the good thing is that it's not very time consuming, it's mostly a coordination and communications role. Many projects make sure to rotate the PMC chair at regular intervals, say once a year, so that as many people as possible are informed of what the role means. HTH, -Bertrand
