On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Pedro Giffuni <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Rob Weir <[email protected]> > ... >>> >>> As a minor update, the only observation we received so far (besides a >>> substantial number of +1 votes, no abstentions or -1) was that almost all >>> the proposed PMC members do not belong to other Apache projects; our >> mentors >>> were asked if they perceived this as a problem, and we didn't get an >> answer >>> from them so far. >>> >> >> Hmmm.... I think there are several PMC members who are involved with >> other areas of Apache: >> >> 1) Don is involved with ConCom, as well as working with Sally on Press >> and Communications. >> >> 2) Others, like Oliver, Louis, etc., have been active in the ApacheCon >> planning. >> >> 3) Andrew, Juergen and Raphael have worked closely with Infra on many >> things. There may be others. >> >> 4) In general I think we're comfortable working with Trademarks and >> Legal Affairs on an ongoing basis. This includes raising questions >> and getting advice, but some, like Dennis, are active sharing what >> they have learned as well. >> >> 5) Dave is involved with POI. Don and Juergen are also on the PMC of >> the ODF Toolkit. I think Pedro said he was getting involved with a >> new BeanShell project proposal. >> >> 6) There was the work moving the SPI funds to Apache that involved >> coordinating with ASF Treasurer. >> >> So I do not know whether it is accurate to say that no one but Dave >> is "active in more than just the OO project". >> > > The above is all mostly unrelated. I do think we should have included > some of our mentors in the PMC. > > This was a failure in the method we chose to determine the initial PMC: > we chose based on project visibility/popularity and by their function our > mentors have tried to remain with a low profile and intervene only when > it was absolutely necessary. >
Once we graduate this role will be played by the ASF Board. They keep a low profile and intervene in projects only when absolutely necessary. > This is something relatively easy to fix though, let's hope it doesn't delay > us too much. > > Pedro.
