Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 60665 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2010 12:33:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 9 Sep 2010 12:33:39 -0000 Received: (qmail 68751 invoked by uid 500); 9 Sep 2010 12:33:38 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 68581 invoked by uid 500); 9 Sep 2010 12:33:37 -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 68565 invoked by uid 99); 9 Sep 2010 12:33:37 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:33:37 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [74.125.83.47] (HELO mail-gw0-f47.google.com) (74.125.83.47) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:33:30 +0000 Received: by gwb1 with SMTP id 1so597559gwb.6 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:33:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.102.8 with SMTP id z8mr625983agb.101.1284035589671; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:33:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jcarman@carmanconsulting.com Received: by 10.90.52.3 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 05:32:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: James Carman Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 08:32:49 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: tQhKEi5ZaiT5gPCSnAYT01Es59g Message-ID: Subject: Re: Role of Incubator PMC Votes To: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable name=3Dtrademark On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Tim Williams wrote: > I'm watching the "renaming" vote thread and I find it odd that folks > are -1-ing the project's vote. =A0I've read the role of the IPMC[1] and > the policy[2] and can't find the basis for our (IPMC) doing anything > other than ack-ing they're vote. =A0It seems like votes from the IPMC > should only be relevant/binding when the matter in question is > release/legal/trademark/etc-type issues that could [legally] effect > the foundation. =A0I dunno, this seems purely a project matter to me > (like a logo, code, etc.) - second-guessing a project team on these > sort of subjective things seems counter-productive to grooming > self-sustaining projects to me. =A0So, is this normal - why does the > IPMC really get anything more than an "advising" role in these sorts > of matters (and why is that healthy)? > > Thanks, > --tim > > [1] - http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.h= tml#Incubator+Project+Management+Committee+%28PMC%29 > [2] - http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Incub= ation+Policy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org