Awesome. I use Stanbol heavily, so I would like to get more involved. I plan to start digging deeper into the codebase, so I may be posting here with some questions from time to time.
Phil This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Rafa Haro <rh...@apache.org> wrote: > 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/ >> > >>
