On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:10 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: >...
> of people wanting to join. I am sure this is going to be a controversial > statement, but I have noticed that the projects that I’ve seen do this > often have a fair number of committers who are paid to work on the project > by their employer and I have to admit that I have wondered if these > projects do this actually want to limit participation. > Yeup. And this kind of monkey business is why the Board specifically requires PMCs to document their additions. A static PMC membership may be a sign of exclusion. This kind of behavior is why the Board has completely emptied two PMCs in the Foundation's history, and made them regrow themselves organically. As I said at the start of this thread: RTC is a mechanism for control, not for managing "complex projects". Cheers, -g