I'm not in favor of an Ombudsman. Seems like an extra layer of overhead beyond what the Chair already provides. Seriously does someone need a title in order to be the clearinghouse for folks' honest assessments of the Incubator, its personnel, or other sensitive issues?
My 2c. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -----Original Message----- From: Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:11 PM To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman >On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> Just curious, is the ombudsman not allowed to be a mentor for a podling? >> Otherwise, that podling doesn't have a safe third-party? > >Good point. Podlings are heavily dependent on their Mentors, especially >for >providing IPMC votes on releases. If you offend a Mentor and they leave, >will >you be able to find someone else from the limited pool of IPMC members? A >reluctance to speak out is very understandable. > >Put another way, when the ombud is also a Mentor, the military-justice >analogy >seems valid. > >I suppose that if the IPMC Chair is not the same as the ombud, they could >serve as a backup ombud. That would satisfy your concern so long as the >ombud >and the Chair aren't both Mentors for the same podling. > >Marvin Humphrey > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
