New Role Proposal in the oVirt Project

[Mike Burns]

There seems to be general agreement that we could use someone filling
this role.  Are there any objections?

Assuming no, are there an nominations or volunteers for someone to take
the role?

On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 10:57 -0400, Mike Burns wrote:
> Given some of the difficulties we've had recently with planning and
> getting releases pulled together, I'd like to propose we have a new role
> in the Project.
> 
> Project Manager
> 
> Responsibilities:
> 
> Maintain Schedule
> Run weekly meeting
> Coordinate with project maintainers on dates, features, etc
> Ensure that docs and release materials are ready for release
> Final say on what goes into a release
> Tracking new features
> Tracking action items
> 
> This person should be empowered to make decisions for the project (based
> on input from maintainers, but final call is theirs).
> 
> As for choosing this person, it could be done via general election on
> email or an IRC meeting.  I'd suggest having someone do it for a limited
> timeline, maybe 2 or 3 releases, max, then someone else takes over.

One slight tweak to the above:  The existing person can continue in the
role if re-elected and there are no term limits.

> 
> Any thoughts, suggestions, comments?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 
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