Hi ajs6f, Philip, There have been a separated thread at priv...@stanbol.apache.org where more than 3 PMC members have confirmed to be active, although everyone has agreed (including myself) on having limited time to further contribute to the project codebase at this moment but also agreed on being available for supporting new contributors
Regards, Rafa On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 4:02 PM Phillip Rhodes <motley.crue....@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm really hoping there are enough PMC members to keep Stanbol active. > I'm personally very interested in getting more involved, although I > don't know enough to be a PMC candidate anytime terribly soon. I'd > like to get there eventually though. :-) > > > Phil > > This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM > > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:51 AM, ajs6f <aj...@apache.org> wrote: > > I assume that Phil Steitz sent this message to dev@ after failing to > get any response by sending to private@. > > > > Do we still have _any_ active PMC members to actually get a report in? > > > > Do we have _three_ active PMC members left? If not, it's time to start > an orderly progression towards the Attic. We don't want to just dump a > codebase on them (much as I'm sure it happens). > > > > Moving to the Attic would be a shame, because there are really good > ideas in Stanbol, ideas that could have a future. Some of the components > might be able to find other homes for a new life, but not without active > PMC/committer work. I certainly don't pretend to understand the complex > module architecture well enough to excise individual components or > rearchitect towards a simpler modularization. > > > > ajs6f ; Jena PMC > > > > > >> On Nov 16, 2017, at 12:04 PM, Phil Steitz <pste...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >> Dear Stanbol community, > >> > >> In the governance model at the ASF the board delegates responsibility > for > >> managing projects to PMCs. To enable the board to provide oversight > across the > >> foundation, PMCs are tasked with providing the board with a quarterly > >> report on the health of the project. The board has noticed that the > reports > >> for Stanbol have been missed for a number of months. > >> > >> The reports to the board are normally written by the PMC chair but all > PMC > >> members have an individual responsibility to ensure that a report is > >> submitted. If the PMC chair is not available then any PMC member can > submit > >> the report. If you need help with this process, please reach out to > >> bo...@apache.org > >> > >> Please ensure that a report for Stanbol is submitted to the board for > the > >> next meeting. > >> > >> If the PMC chair is not going to be available for an extended period of > time > >> it may make sense to rotate the PMC chair. Rotating the PMC chair does > not > >> mean the current chair has failed. People's situations and interests > change, > >> and rotation is good as it allows more people to become familiar with > that > >> role. Again, if assistance is required with this process, please feel > free to > >> reach out to bo...@apache.org > >> > >> As projects mature, they will naturally reach a point where activity > reduces > >> to a level that the project is no longer sustainable. At Apache, > projects > >> reach this stage when there are no longer 3 active PMC members providing > >> oversight. Projects that reach this stage are placed in the attic[1]. > If > >> Stanbol has reached this point, please reach out to the Attic project to > >> arrange transfer. On the other hand, if your project is mostly dormant > but > >> still has at least three active PMC members it can stay in that state > for as > >> long as needed. If your project is in such a state, please mention that > in > >> your report and verify the PMC's state at regular intervals. > >> > >> Finally, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out to > >> bo...@apache.org. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> The ASF Board > >> > >> [1] (http://attic.apache.org/ > > >
