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On Jan 23, 2013, at 12:14 PM, Branko Čibej <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23.01.2013 20:45, Joe Dreimann wrote: >> I don't know if it's allowed to combine both votes, but I'm in favour of it >> if it is. > > It's not. IPMC procedures dictate that the project community shall do > everything necessary to produce an Apache release, then the IPMC will > review those results by means of a second release vote. The idea being > that as long as the project is a podling, it's learning the ropes. > > Note that you wouldn't really gain much by going straight to the IPMC, > since that vote thread is initialized with existing mentor votes. > >> In relation to the currently stalled voting, I'd like to propose Gary as a >> future IPMC member. Is there a process for this? > > As soon as he becomes an ASF member, he can also become an IPMC member. This is not strictly true. I was an IPMC member first. Please bring that discussion to private. Regards, Dave > >> Also or alternatively, is there a process for recruiting further mentors? Or >> is it "simply" a case of picking out potential mentors and asking them? > > It's more or less a matter of asking on the IPMC. Really, though, this > project has enough active mentors, and relying on purely mentor votes > sounds like "cheating". > > > The proper way to avoid blocking on release votes is to graduate. :) > Which I believe this community is ready for. Except for the community > diversity issue, which you're all actively working on. > > I know it's frustrating, but even though I'm typically prepared to cut > through a lot of red tape, I do feel that community diversity is > important. And we all know exactly how diverse this particular community is. > > -- Brane > > -- > Branko Čibej > Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com >
