On 4/24/06, James Carman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What if the committers *are* the other PMC members? Does he still have to > vote on it? I'm just curious, trying to learn the Apache way (especially > since they've asked me to be the HiveMind PMC chair).
When the Board initially approves a resolution creating a new TLP (such as HiveMind or Tapestry), there is a submitted roster of PMC members and a designated PMC Chair. When that resolution passes, all of those people become PMC members and the PMC Chair is appointed. As part of the TLP creation process, someone (usually an existing infra@ person) is going to do some twiddly bits and execute the Board's decision. At that point, usually the PMC Chair gets the ability to assign karma. But, if the [EMAIL PROTECTED] is feeling really lazy, they may just assign the Chair karma to assign karma and leave it at that. But, because the Board has already approved the PMC members (by passing the resolution), the Chair should feel free to assign those people karma to the new project - they're just executing the whims of the Board. ;-) Note that the Board is the only entity that can change the composition of a PMC. This is why PMC Chairs must send an email to board@ and a Director must send an acknowledgement. 72 hours after that ACK if no other Director raises a concern, then the composition of that PMC can then change. I hope this helps. It's probably not half as complicated as I make it sound. ;-) -- justin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
