Nobody is turned away. Mentors don't do the work. Contributors do. Mentors do not make decisions. Contributors so. Mentors have " binding votes" but that is just because of the structure we have in the ASF, a good mentor will only ever use that vote to enact the wishes of the community. This is the opposite of "counter cultural". Contributors are what matter not mentors.
See recent discussions in the topic of mentors and how many people. Some people, myself included, feel the role of mentor had changed over the years. In this project we want it to go back to what it was and should be. Advisors only. We don't want anyone in the pushing to feel mentors have authority. We want excellent community candidates to demonstrate how merit it's earned around here. That can include by giving advise from experience within the ASF, but it will be the podling who decide who is contributing constructively and therefore vote then in as committers. Note this is nothing to do with any individual. I'll pick on Jim as we know one another (and in fact Jim is a supporter of the one mentor model). Jim has an untold amount of expertise to offer this project. I imagine, if he had the time to offer, he'll become a committer quickly. The same will be true for anyone else who contributes. Ross Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Tim Williams<mailto:william...@gmail.com> Sent: 12/5/2015 5:08 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: [PORPOSAL] Fineract On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Ross Gardler <ross.gard...@microsoft.com> wrote: > I'm replying top of thread as this is a general reply regarding mentors. > > We just added Greg Stein as a third mentor. He wasn't on the originally > submitted proposal as he was just checking on availability before confirming. > > Based on recent conversations in the IPMC I (as champion) advised the project > stick to a single mentor who was willing to put his/her head on the block. > This individual would take full responsibility for rapid turnaround on all > items needing mentor feedback. However, the team had already discussed the > proposal with a number of other people. As a result they feel that 3 mentors > is appropriate, respecting both IPMC traditions and those already advising > the community. Hence we have three mentors. We are not seeking more. This isn't about "seeking more" - literally a perfectly qualified [potential] mentor fell in your lap. Do what you want, this just feels incredibly counter-cultural to me - that is, to actively turn away an eminently qualified volunteer. I think it's both unwise in this specific instance and a poor example to hint that its acceptable/desirable in general. Anyway, best wishes to Fineract... Thanks, --tim ** Just to be clear, I'm well aware that the other three mentors are rock solid as well:) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
