Re: Responsibilities of the PPMC

[Craig L Russell]

On Feb 19, 2007, at 10:27 AM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:

I started with something like this, but don't like the way it sounded:

It should be a goal of a project to have all committers participate in the PPMC. A committer who expresses interest in the governance of the project should ask to become part of the PPMC. Membership in the PPMC should be gated by continued commitment to the project and an expressed interest in PPMC membership.

I don't like that either - i don't like the idea of having people ask, because then there's the uncomfortable part of saying "no". I'd much rather encourage (P)PMCs to take an *active* role in this kind of community development, rather than re-active, which is what you are proposing.

Actually I'm copying verbatim from another discussion on the incubator, that I naively thought was consensus -- turned out to be just a well-argumented position from another incubator member.

maybe I'm naive - I want to see Apache communities develop a sense of independent identity and community, and that actually takes committment and effort by those participating.

I agree. I'll come up with another version of the PPMC proposal and run it by the general list again.

Craig

Craig Russell
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Thanks for all your comments. They give me a much better appreciation for what we're looking for.

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