[sakai-pmc] Proposal to amend PMC bylways regarding term of election

[Sam Ottenhoff]

> I don't know whether we, as a body, consider serving as vice-chair
immediately prior to serving as chair to be important.
> It could be that serving as a vice-chair is an eligibility requirement to
being chair, but succession is not important. Or it
> could be that there is no eligibility concern.

Following the Apache model, I see chair and vice-chair as "hats" that
should be worn by trusted members of our community who do a good job at
coordination.  It's not a hat that I want to wear, but I'm glad we have
capable members in the PMC.  I think we're mature enough now that this
should be a hat worn with a year term and succession shouldn't be a
requirement.

http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html :



*Secondly the role of the PMC is to further the long term development and
health of the community as a whole, and to ensure that balanced and wide
scale peer review and collaboration does happen. Within the ASF we worry
about any community which centers around a few individuals who are working
virtually uncontested. We believe that this is detrimental to quality,
stability, and robustness of both code and long term social structures. We
firmly believe in hats. Your role at the ASF is one assigned to you
personally, and is bestowed on you by your peers. It is not tied to your
job or current employer or company.*
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