On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, most of the Red Hat people involved with Fedora > are actually community members that just so happen to get a paycheck (good > for them, and as it turns out; good for everyone!). There is also no requirement that the Red Hat-appointed members of the board have to be Red Hat employees. They historically have been, however. There however is, and should be, a requirement that the chair be employed by Red Hat (and have veto power). This is an emergency override, like Rahul said, the plane is crashing and calling 'Mayday!'. Not that I think that it ever has been nor ever will be utilized, it's something that's important to have in the back pocket. As a real world analogy, when I go bicycling, I wear a helmet. I really hope it never will be necessary, but you get piece of mind from knowing that it's there in case you need it. > That being said, the majority in the board is community no matter if they > were elected or got appointed. In fact, the one with veto didn't work for > Red Hat until 6-7(?) weeks ago. And Paul was a trusted community leader prior to being hired by Red Hat, and continues to be so afterwards. I don't think that his priorities have really changed now that he gathers a paycheck from Red Hat (he certainly has more time to act on those priorities, though! :) ). _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
