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Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 23:42:14 -0500
From: "William A. Rowe, Jr." <wrowe@rowe-clan.net>
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Subject: Re: [RESULT][VOTE] Arnuad Simon as committer for Qpid
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Niclas Hedhman wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2007 07:15, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote:
>> LEGALLY PPMC votes mean zilch; this is because the board did not charter
>> or compose the PPMC, doesn't decompose it, doesn't even oversee it per say.
> 
> And a majority of decisions within a (P)PMC has no legal consequence, and 
> hence no need for the Board (or the delegated IPMC) to oversee.
> AFAIK, adding a committer is not a legal action, and IMHO no need for the IPMC 
> to make the decision formal.

Mmm - bzzz - that's incorrect.  You'll recall you signed a legally binding
document to become a committer?  Yes - two common actions, releasing code,
and adding committers, are board actions delegated to PMCs.

Bill

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