From general-return-34005-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri Feb 3 05:34:56 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21E839A12 for ; Fri, 3 Feb 2012 05:34:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 14265 invoked by uid 500); 3 Feb 2012 05:34:48 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 14079 invoked by uid 500); 3 Feb 2012 05:34:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 14068 invoked by uid 99); 3 Feb 2012 05:34:37 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:37 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [64.202.165.37] (HELO smtpauth13.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net) (64.202.165.37) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:34:27 +0000 Received: (qmail 26092 invoked from network); 3 Feb 2012 05:34:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (76.252.112.72) by smtpauth13.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net (64.202.165.37) with ESMTP; 03 Feb 2012 05:34:04 -0000 Message-ID: <4F2B71AF.7050602@rowe-clan.net> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:33:35 -0600 From: "William A. Rowe Jr." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:9.0) Gecko/20111222 Thunderbird/9.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Time to vote the chair? References: <1328214068.89830.YahooMailNeo@web160906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 2/2/2012 7:56 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > I have a lateral thought. Assuming for the moment that Chris has > accepted or will accept a nomination, why not recommend *both* of us > to the board as co-chairs? The IPMC is special. New members pop up all > the time and need to be fed to the board; projects need karmic > assistance, etc. Having two will improve coverage. A variation on this > theme would be to call one of us Chair and the other Vice-Chair, with > the Vice-Chair empowered to pitch in on acks and karma, and the chair > responsible for the reports. The board has, as a rule, not approved co-chairs, but will entertain an assistant chair, which really isn't a logistical headache. If there is a problem, they are still chasing or replacing the chair. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org