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

[Noah Botimer]

This is only my initial reaction, but I think I prefer to decouple the notions of election and succession. There would surely be things to sort out, but the two-year cycle seems daunting.

Thanks,
-Noah

On Dec 20, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Sam Ottenhoff wrote:

> 
> > 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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