On May 7, 2013, at 9:15 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On a whole different direction, one way to "scale" is to shift from > Incubator-managed podlings to Board-managed. The podling would > effectively be a "TLP on probation". The Champion, Mentors, and Board > would be providing oversight. > > I would posit that the Board is more capable of oversight than the > IPMC. The Directors have signed up to spend a lot of time -- more than > we expect of most volunteers. Not to mention the Board reviews 50+ > reports every month. Another five won't kill the Board :-P > > Thus, I might suggest that a proposed-podling may want to try the > above approach. (I dunno if the Board would agree, but somebody has to > formally ask!)
This pre-supposes that the problem is the IPMC and not the mentors. If the board members have the spare time to work on incubators then I recommend they come over to the IPMC and help out. Regards, Alan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
