Re: Let's find a new person to be Apache DB PMC Chair

Hi Georg,

I put my name in the hat just a few minutes ago :-) but if someone from 
JDO wants to take over, I am happy to defer.

-

Jeffery


On 12/11/25 11:21, Kallidis, Georg wrote:
> Hi Torque devs,
>
> Brian, our long-term PMC chair of the Apache Db project decided to resign.
>
> Discussion about who wants to become the new chair already started in JDO sub
> project, but currently, to my knowledge, no candidate yet showed their
> interest to do it.
>
> I cite from the jdo developer list (Craig Russell - Monday, December 8, 2025
> 10:07:02 PM GMT+1): A PMC chair basically is an Apache Foundation Vice
> President with a small number of responsibilities, primarily to report to the
> board each quarter. Since JDO is a very active project it makes sense for one
> of the JDO team to be VP, DB.
>
> As a reminder, Apache Db has now two still two active sub projects, JDO and
> Torque, while Derby retired.
>
> Any PMC member could become chair: https://community.apache.org/pmc/chair.html
>
> Apart from the quarterly reports it is a chance to learn more about the Apache
> community.
>
> We might also decide to rotate the chair ..
>
> I consider Torque as the smaller project, but still active, though to a lesser
> extent ..
>
> What do you think? Do you support a chair from JDO or what do you think?
>
> Thanks!
>
> With best regards, Georg
>
>