Not a lot of power. Just a designated safe person to bring issues up with. I trust the relevant, empowered, parties in the ASF to work with the ombudsman to resolve the issues in a confidential safe manner.
Regards, Alan On Jun 16, 2013, at 10:41 AM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yeah I get that, but I'm wondering what sort of power we'd > impart to the position besides information gathering. It > might make an interesting complementary position to the > chair that's more directly focused on the Incubator as it > presents itself to podlings, which is something we recently > discussed in relation to the recent chair vote. > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Alan Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Cc: >> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 1:36 PM >> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman >> >> >> On Jun 15, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Joseph Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> This is a suggestion that has come up in the past, and the typical >> counter-argument is that this is something the chair needs to provide >> themselves. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> The usual reason for an ombudsman is to have a safe third party to bring up >> issues up privately. Podling members may feel too intimidated to complain >> to >> mentors/IPMC chairs to complain. Maybe the complaint may be an absentee, or >> problem, mentor or chair. One never knows. >> >> >> Regards, >> Alan >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
