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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache Flex chair
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On Dec 1, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Doug McCune <doug@dougmccune.com> wrote:

> My personal opinion is that you guys should swap and give Justin (or
> someone else who's interested) the opportunity for a year. One thing =
the
> project needs is good bench strength if anything were to happen that =
would
> limit someone's involvement. I'd be concerned with the prospect of =
Adobe
> pulling funding for Alex, and then him having a hard time justifying =
the
> time.
>=20
> Overall having two people equally competent to chair the project =
ensures
> that we reduce the risk of having the chair need to step down and =
nobody
> stepping into the place. I think having Alex help a second chair hit =
the
> ground running and ensure the project's continuity would be a really =
good
> thing at this point in time. In the future switching every year might =
be
> overkill, but right now I think training up a second chair would be =
really
> good for the project.
>=20


Knowing Alex and Justin both and their commitment to Apache Flex I think =
either Justin or Alex would both make a perfectly acceptable chair. That =
said, I would say I agree with Doug. Strong bench and redundancy sounds =
like a winner to me.