A request to whoever is taking notes at the MXNet Hangouts that are
occurring today. Could you please recap feedback from the meeting in
regards to document revisions here for everyone? I would like to attend the
session later today, but may not due to family obligations.

Thanks!
Carin

On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 2:24 PM Steffen Rochel <steffenroc...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >
> >
>

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