Hi - Thanks, Gary!
I agree. Advisors is really good. A PMC, or even a single PMC member, can ask for advice when they have doubts. and unsolicited advice can be ignored if not concise and actionable. Best, Dave > On Feb 18, 2024, at 8:19 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Based on > https://github.com/rbowen/comdev-working-groups/tree/main/wg-sharpeners#readme > > I read: > > - volunteers who come alongside a PMC to offer an outsider's > perspective on the project, and advice to build their community. > - subscribe to the project's mailing lists and mostly listen > - do not have any authority over the PMC > - All feedback must be a polite, positive, actionable suggestion, not > merely a criticism or a "you're doing it wrong." You must suggest what > the community should do, providing links to policy or best practice > documents where applicable. Simply criticising is not welcome. > > All of this sounds to me like an advisory role where advisory is > "having or consisting in the power to make recommendations but not to > take action enforcing them."[1] > So I'd go with "PMC Advisor". It's not cute or clever, it's even > bland, but I understand it, ;-) > > Gary > [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=define+advisory > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> On Feb 18, 2024, at 10:02 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I've never heard of someone being called a "sharpener"; I've used a >>> knife sharpener and a pencil sharpener ;-) ... it feels like a stretch >>> here. >>> >>> In general, I prefer names that simply describe intent instead of >>> cuteness/cleverness, especially in an international context where I >>> find it beneficial to use words that make sense if you have to look >>> them up. >> >> Cool. Y’all come up with a name, and I’ll swap it out. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
