My vote for: 1. Commitership to be open to all those who desire and wish to contribute. 2. PMC membership to be participation based.
On 9 November 2015 at 05:44, Amol Kekre <[email protected]> wrote: > The original intent of the project was also to be very open on > committership. Folks who have a desire to start contributing should be able > to join as a committer with a very low/negligible/none threshold. Our aim > was and will continue to be open to building open community. > > As per the original intent of the project, this thread and the list to > evaluate should only be for governance body. Committership should be open > to all those who desire and wish to contribute. > > Thks, > Amol > > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 11:20 PM, Ganelin, Ilya < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > I believe it's important to respect the original intent of the project, > > namely to have the initial PMC consist of the 6 pre-incubation members. > > Given that some time has elapsed since that point, however, and > individuals > > have had time to become involved in and contribute to the project, I > think > > it would be fair to expand the PMC based on the criteria you suggested. I > > suggest that that such individuals as have demonstrated substantive > > involvement in those categories could be voted in to the PMC at this > time, > > rather than at a future date. > > > > Just my 2c. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > Ilya Ganelin > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Thomas Weise [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected] > >] > > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 12:43 AM Eastern Standard Time > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Discuss PPMC > > > > > > Hi, > > > > This is to discuss and clarify the PPMC membership. As evident during the > > first release vote, there have been grossly inconsistent expectations on > > who is on the PPMC. > > > > As most of us have learned meanwhile, unless documented otherwise at time > > of incubation, the PPMC is the list of initial committers: > > > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ApexProposal#Initial_Committers > > > > In fact, as you can see, there are 49 people in the PPMC now. Several > folks > > expressed their surprise about this and indeed the intention was > different. > > > > We wanted to start the PPMC with the set of 6 committers of the > > pre-incubation > > Apex repository and then grow by voting in new folks as we go. > > Unfortunately that wasn't documented to the IPMC. Some of the initial > > committers expressed the desire to put this topic up for discussion and > > build consensus how we want to shape the PPMC and future PMC. > > > > Folks seem to prefer a policy that is based on participation and > > contribution. Here are examples of what that could comprise: > > > > - Code (obviously!) > > - Reviewing pull requests > > - Documentation > > - Organizing meetups and other events > > - Participation on email list > > - Web site work > > - Release management and verification > > - Publishing papers and blogs > > - Presenting at conferences > > > > Next, there have been suggestions how such policy can be reflected in > > actual (P)PMC membership, examples: > > > > - Trim PPMC to reasonable size. How? Folks that neither expect nor > want > > to be in the PPMC may offer to resign and continue as committer. > > - At time of graduation, establish the PMC as the subset of active > PPMC > > members, based on activity during incubation. > > > > Starting with a realistic base allows us to grow the community and add > > committers and PPMC members organically. Conceivably, initial committers > > that > > had not had the chance to participate since incubation, may do so in the > > future and if inclined, earn their membership. This then can be seen as > > growth and diversification. Note following question in the incubator > > podling > > status report: When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > > > > Please express your thoughts on how to take it forward. > > > > Thomas > > ________________________________________________________ > > > > The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and/or > > proprietary to Capital One and/or its affiliates and may only be used > > solely in performance of work or services for Capital One. The > information > > transmitted herewith is intended only for use by the individual or entity > > to which it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the > intended > > recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, retransmission, > > dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of, or taking of any > > action in reliance upon this information is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this communication in error, please contact the sender and > > delete the material from your computer. > > >
