+1, great suggestion, thanks Carin! I'm willing to collaborate to create a draft proposal. Steffen
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 5:35 AM Carin Meier <carinme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Background: > > There is a desire to increase the committer pool and grow the community. > This thread is to discuss the possibility of revision the current committer > criteria in light of the following goals: > > - Make it easier to newcomers to be committers > - Recognize non-code contributions as paths to committership > - Open the door to separating levels of committer and PMC (discussed in > another thread) > > Current State: > > The current committer criteria is here > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Becoming+a+Committer as > is modeled after the Hadoop committer criteria > https://hadoop.apache.org/committer_criteria.html > > Proposal: > > Model the MXNet path to committership and PMC after the Apache Beam project > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/ > > Short quote from page: > ================= > An Apache Beam committer… > < > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#an-apache-beam-committer > > > > - Takes many forms > < > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#takes-many-forms> > - Knows, upholds, and reinforces the Apache Software Foundation code of > conduct > < > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#knows-upholds-and-reinforces-the-apache-software-foundation-code-of-conduct > > > - Knows, upholds, and reinforces the responsibilities of an Apache > Software Foundation committer > < > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#knows-upholds-and-reinforces-the-responsibilities-of-an-apache-software-foundation-committer > > > - Knows, upholds, and reinforces the Beam community’s practices > < > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#knows-upholds-and-reinforces-the-beam-communitys-practices > > > - ================= > < > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/become-a-committer/#knows-upholds-and-reinforces-the-beam-communitys-practices > > > > > I believe if we merge our current committer criteria with this model it > will open the path to committership to a wider pool, acknowledge that > there are multiple paths, and reinforce the ASF values and > responsibilities. > > The Beam model does not explicitly address a PMC level but we could add it > in in the same spirit of reinforcing the ASF responsibilities and values of > this level. > > Looking forward to feedback about this possible direction. If the community > is interested looking more into this direction I would be happy to create > of first draft of something more concrete to look at - (or if someone else > wants to take a crack at it too that would be great) > > - Carin >
