Dave - thank you for the comments. I went ahead and filled up the report myself. Dave, Paul, Cos, Furkan - please review and sign off if you don't have any objections.
Best, -- Nikita Ivanov On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:07 AM Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi - > > I know that the March report was produced quickly. Unfortunately the VP, > Incubator thinks it was a bit sparse. Part of the purpose of podlings > reports to the Incubator is to prepare a community to meet its reporting > requirement to the Board once they become a TLP (or PMC). > > Let’s review the report submitted in March with some notes about how the > April Report can be better. > > NLPCraft > A Java API for NLU applications > NLPCraft has been incubating since 2020-02-13. > Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating: > • Community growth. > > ——> Is anything else “unfinished”. Website. Marketing? Outreach.Multiple > Release Managers? I’m guessing here. > > Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of? > No. > > ——> This is appropriate. > > How has the community developed since the last report? > Project have several new contributors that we are expecting to formally > join the project/ASF in the future. > > ——> How are these new contributors helping? Do they improve the diversity > of the project? By diversity I mean from different companies that are > considering using NLPCraft? Are they purely individuals? Are some of them > helping with documentation or non-code activities? How many new > contributors are there? How many forks? > > How has the project developed since the last report? > Project produced 2 releases. > > ——> Be specific about the releases. Were they done by different release > managers? Is activity on JIRA and Github increasing? If there is a roadmap > then what is the progress? > > How would you assess the podling's maturity? > Please feel free to add your own commentary. > • Initial setup > • Working towards first release > • Community building > • Nearing graduation > • Other: > > ——> “Community building” is correct. > > Date of last release: > Jan 31, 2021. > > ——> What was released that date? > > When were the last committers or PPMC members elected? > Aug, 2020. > > ——> Who were the committers added? Were any PPMC members added? If none > since the last report then tell us the most recent for both classes. > > Have your mentors been helpful and responsive? > We have some problems with getting attention from mentors. Release voting > can go for weeks without attention from mentors that is slowing down the > progress on the project. > > ——> I got the message and rejoined. Is anything open to be VOTEd right now? > > Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks? > Yes, no issues. > > ——> Correct. > > All The Best, > Dave > > >
