I'd like to make a suggestion - after a podling graduates or is terminated, the podling's mentors should be responsible for putting together a post mortem report, or an exit interview, or whatever you want to call it. This would cover the pain points in onboarding the podling, particular issues hit during incubation, what made the podling easier or harder to get to graduation, and ideally a self assessment of what the mentors think they could have done better.
I think this would be very valuable - it'd help shine a light on inefficiencies in getting into the ASF's infrastructure, show things to watch for/discuss in podling cultural integration, and provide more information and self-support for future mentors. Thoughts? A.