Hi - The explanation should be more carefully worded. Contributors do not self nominate themselves. The PMC will notice contributors who have proven themselves. A discussion follows on private@ to avoid any embarrassment. Assuming that the VOTE passes if it is for PMC then a NOTICE is given to the IPMC or the Board. This is a 72 hour LAZY ACK in the extremely rare case someone knows something that is bad. You don’t need to explain these details. Once the new Committer and/or PMC has been elected. The PMC will contact them off list to make sure that they accept. This is followed by an announcement on the dev@ list. The whole point here is to avoid public embarrassment which could cause contributors to leave.
For example, the DISCUSSION (on private@) could be like so: 1. [DISCUSS] Jane Doe for PMC - she’s done some significant work and it is all high quality. She is good to work with and always helpful with users on the mailing list. 2. RE: - She’s great +1 3. RE2: - I’m not sure as she’s only been active for one month. Let’s wait a few months to see if her contributions are sustained. … two months, 4. [DISCUSS] Jane Doe for PMC/Committer - it’s been two months and she’s still helping with code and users. Is it time. 5. RE: yes! 6. RE2: yes! … 72 hours 7. [VOTE] …. … 72 hours 8. [NOTICE] … 72 hours 9. Invite Jane 10. Jane is surprised and accepts 11. Announce on Dev@ and maybe twitter. So, you can see ways to tweak your language. Regards, Dave > On Aug 29, 2018, at 12:16 AM, Matteo Merli <matteo.me...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 5:50 PM Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> This is very detailed and looks good with one important omission. >> >> How does one go on from being a contributor to committer / PMC status? >> There should be a description about that. >> >> Please discuss! >> > > That is a very good point. I have added a couple of sections to the > "Contributing" page in the PR: > * https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar/pull/2459 > * Preview link: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar/blob/0515a9a12a77ca6ffdc8587125e21a32cdb61291/site2/website/contributing.md > > Also reporting it here for convenience: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ## Becoming a committer > > Committers are community members that have write access to the project’s > repositories, i.e., they can modify the code, documentation, and website > by themselves and also accept other contributions. > > There is no strict protocol for becoming a committer. Candidates for new > committers are typically people that are active contributors and > community members. > > Being an active community member means participating on mailing list > discussions, helping to answer questions, verifying release candidates, > being respectful towards others, and following the meritocratic > principles of community management. Since the > [Apache Way](https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/) > has a strong focus on the project community, this part is very important. > > Of course, contributing code and documentation to the project is > important as well. A good way to start is contributing improvements, new > features, or bug fixes. You need to show that you take responsibility > for the code that you contribute, add tests and documentation, and help > maintaining it. > > Candidates for new committers are suggested by current committers or PMC > members, and voted upon by the PMC. > > If you would like to become a committer, you should engage with the > community and start contributing to Apache Pulsar in any of the above > ways. You might also want to talk to other committers and ask for their > advice and guidance. > > ## Becoming member of PMC > > The PMC is the project governance body. Committers or contributors that > have demonstrated continued involvement with the community can be > nominated to become members of the PMC. > > PMC members nominate new contributors to the project as either > committers or as new PMC members, and PMC members cast votes on electing > new committers or PMC members to the project. PMC members also have > binding votes on any project matters. Refer to > [ASF PMCs governance](http://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/pmcs.html) > for a more detailed explanation of the duties and roles of the PMC. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> This is better and ties in with my main question above. >> > > Created a separate PR to update the "team" page: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar/pull/2470 > > Matteo > -- > Matteo Merli > <mme...@apache.org>
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