Great idea on taking notes.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Marvin Humphrey > <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:58 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Marvin Humphrey < > mar...@rectangular.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> There are a few more cleanup and followup tasks to take care of in > order to > >>> prepare for next month: > >>> > >>> * Assign podlings who did not report a "monthly" attribute in > >>> podlings.xml. > >>> * Remove any expired "monthly" attributes. > >>> * Run clutch.py. > >>> * Assign shepherds. > >>> * Generate the July report template and publish on the wiki. > >>> > >>> No hurry, so take a couple days to catch your breath. Will your > schedule > >>> allow you to get to those by the end of this week? > >> > >> It should. After the presentation tomorrow at Spark Summit, I should be > >> clear for a few days. > > > > Hi Ted -- can you take care of these items please? > > > >>> Once you close out this month's cycle, we might also have a > conversation > >>> about how you think the report process could be improved. > >> > >> Happy to do so. > >> > >> So far, the support of the team has been absolutely extraordinary. The > >> only suggestion so far is to help a new VP know that the support exists. > >> My assumption was that I was jumping into the deep end. The facts were > >> quite different. > > > > Well, I think we can do better yet if we integrate the Incubator's > monthly > > reporting into whimsy. My perception is that the total burden is too > high. > > In the past it was borne solely by the Chair, which was not at all > > sustainable. Now it is spread, but additional tooling can improve > matters > > more. > > > > However, I'm trying to hold off on that conversation until the current > Chair > > has actually performed all the tasks involved with the report and so > groks the > > full scope. Hint hint. ;) > > One thing that would be helpful is to take good notes during this > process. Anything you can do via the command line can be done via a > script - this includes SVN and LDAP. Anything that requires user > input is generally easier when done via a HTML form (buttons, > textareas, checkboxes and the like). And steps like "remove expired > monthly attributes" can be automated away entirely. > > > Marvin Humphrey > > - Sam Ruby > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
