Fwd: Status update and voting

[Jason Filby]

Hi all

Vizzini has officially stepped down from the kernel coordinator
position. It's a pity that legalities and the nature of his business
have put him in this position. I've expressed our thanks for his input
and contributions to the project to Vizzini.

The kernel coordinator position will be up for vote for nominiated
candidates. This will only happen after the UI team has settled.

In case you're wondering, the project coordinator position, which I've
been sitting on for around 7/8 years now, will also be up for vote in
the near future. This will only happen once we've nailed down a
constitution for the project (and no, I'm not leaving the project,
just opening things up).

Regards
Jason

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Vizzini [e-mail]
Date: May 24, 2005 4:32 AM
Subject: Status update
To: Jason Filby [e-mail]
Cc: Ge van Geldorp [e-mail], [e-mail]

Jason,

Due to a few unfortunate legal changes related to work that I can't
really avoid, I'm going to have to officially step down as the kernel
coordinator.  I haven't had any time to work on the project lately
anyway, so it's probably better to just make it official.  I've had a
blast working with you guys over the past couple of years, and I hope
to be able to contribute again some day.

I'll try to keep an eye on things in case there are questions that I
am needed for, but that doesn't seem to be happening too often.

Thanks again for letting me participate in the project.  I'm sorry I
haven't been able to contribute more lately, and I wish I didn't have
to jump off the train completely, but such is life.

Thanks!

-Vizzini

[Ge van Geldorp]

Is it just me or are more people uncomfortable by the public vote about
people? I have no problems voting in public about issues, but I would prefer
votes about people being emailed to a trusted impartial party who does the
counting and only publishes the final tally. How do other projects handle
this?

Gé van Geldorp.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Jason Filby
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> Subject: [ros-dev] Fwd: Status update and voting
>
> Hi all
>
> Vizzini has officially stepped down from the kernel 
> coordinator position. It's a pity that legalities and the 
> nature of his business have put him in this position. I've 
> expressed our thanks for his input and contributions to the 
> project to Vizzini.
>
> The kernel coordinator position will be up for vote for 
> nominiated candidates. This will only happen after the UI 
> team has settled.
>
> In case you're wondering, the project coordinator position, 
> which I've been sitting on for around 7/8 years now, will 
> also be up for vote in the near future. This will only happen 
> once we've nailed down a constitution for the project (and 
> no, I'm not leaving the project, just opening things up).
>
> Regards
> Jason
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Vizzini [e-mail]
> Date: May 24, 2005 4:32 AM
> Subject: Status update
> To: Jason Filby [e-mail]
> Cc: Ge van Geldorp [e-mail], [e-mail]
>
> Jason,
>
> Due to a few unfortunate legal changes related to work that I 
> can't really avoid, I'm going to have to officially step down 
> as the kernel coordinator.  I haven't had any time to work on 
> the project lately anyway, so it's probably better to just 
> make it official.  I've had a blast working with you guys 
> over the past couple of years, and I hope to be able to 
> contribute again some day.
>
> I'll try to keep an eye on things in case there are questions 
> that I am needed for, but that doesn't seem to be happening too often.
>
> Thanks again for letting me participate in the project.  I'm 
> sorry I haven't been able to contribute more lately, and I 
> wish I didn't have to jump off the train completely, but such is life.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Vizzini
>
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[Mark Weaver]

Ge van Geldorp wrote:
> Is it just me or are more people uncomfortable by the public vote about
> people? I have no problems voting in public about issues, but I would prefer
> votes about people being emailed to a trusted impartial party who does the
> counting and only publishes the final tally. How do other projects handle
> this?
>
> Gé van Geldorp.

Apache's Xerces & Xalan both have public voting on mailing lists.