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

[Matthew Jones]

Yea, as far as the PMC is concerned it doesn't look like they have a "vice
chair", they just have a new election. So it's mostly about the
succession/transition question So what we would be looking at is a 1 year
chair term, with voting being done at each Sakai conference. Having someone
setup as vice chair 1 year later in this community is a little far looking.
So I guess that would make the options a little more complex?

Either run out these 2 6 month terms as is and have a new election at the
conference, or extend these both to a full year term?
Whether or not to have a vice chair follow up, elected at the conference
either way.

I think the simplest to parallel Apache would be to continue the 6 month
terms until August and vote for a new 1 year chair at the conference with
no Vice Chair starting in August. (It can be a re-election of the same or
any previous)


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Noah Botimer <botimer at umich.edu> wrote:

> 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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