Carin - I got feedback on my proposal and made changes. I incorporated Tianqi's suggesiton that we should strive to nominate committer/PPMC candidates from outside ones own organization. It should not be considered as a hard rule, but recommendation.
Steffen On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 2:18 PM Carin Meier <carinme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Steffen helping draft up the proposal for Committer and PPMC > guidelines. > > Please everyone review and provide feedback > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+an+Apache+MXNet+(incubating)+Committer+and+PPMC+Member+Proposal > . > > I plan to start a vote on this Friday if the discussions/revisions are > complete. > > - Carin > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 12:03 PM Carin Meier <carinme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Great! > > > > I started a rough draft for collaboration at > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+a+Committer+Proposal > > . > > > > Everyone feel free to enhance and provide feedback. > > > > - Carin > > > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 10:55 AM Steffen Rochel <steffenroc...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> +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 > >> > > >> > > >
