I agree. This is a policy for the IPMC to determine and I think this will increase inclusion. We need mentors and of all types. +1 -- Kevin A. McGrail VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 7:27 AM Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > Great ideas, thanks Justin! > > Justin Mclean wrote on 11/6/18 3:20 AM: > > Hi, > > > > I looked at the board resolution for the creation of the IPMC [1] and it > says nothing about how IPMC members should be added so from that I take it > that the IPMC can decide how it wants to do that. > > The IPMC is a PMC just like any other PMC. How the PMC decides to > choose new PMC members to recommend for a board ACK is up to the PMC, as > long as it's documented clearly. > > > Currently the IPMC can vote people in (which is not so common) or an ASF > member can request it. I’m not sure where the ASF member requirement came > from and wasn’t able to find the discussion about this on the incubator > list. (If anyone knows please point me to it.) > > IMO the "ASF Members can request recommendation without vote" is because > of two factors: experience and oversight. We (hope) Members have the > skills as you note as well. Separately, since the IPMC is overseeing a > wide range of communities with an eye to inviting them to become an > official Apache project, we should allow Members to formally join the > IPMC to help oversee this process, since > > ...snip... > > Then they can ask the IPMC to join to IPMC by sending an email to > private@ listing what they have been involved in. The IPMC would VOTE on > them, and there’s a chance they could be rejected, but given it’s a private > vote I don’t think any harm is done if that happens. Also people could > nominate other people who fit into this above group. > > +1, having a clear criteria as you list (to ensure it's people who > really have productively helped, and not just people status-seeking) and > an explicit call to "this is how you can *ask* to get voted into the > IPMC" is a great idea. I agree, we definitely need a larger pool of > mentors for podlings, and helping committed non-Members be able to do > this is a great thing. > > > -- > > - Shane > Director & Member > The Apache Software Foundation > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
