Hi All As Julian mentions, my understanding is that this is about information collection not about decision making. The more information we have that is relevant could encourage more focussed discussion and help us see if there is something unclear in the documentation or process.
If there is concern about talking to the PMC Chair only then perhaps it can be balanced by making the interview offer available to the PMC, the Committers or whole community. Thanks Sharan On 2019/01/14 18:50:20, Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote: > What Roman said. > > And also, I make a distinction between communication (information gathering) > and decision making. The Apache Way is that decisions occur on-list. It > doesn’t say that all communication/information gathering is on-list. > > Julian > > > > On Jan 14, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:14 AM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> > > wrote: > >> On 1/14/2019 1:01 PM, Julian Hyde wrote: > >>> I don’t think the “decisions should be made on-list” principle applies to > >>> all communication. (Otherwise why would we allow hallway conversations at > >>> conferences?) I’d rather that we make better decisions than be slave to > >>> principle. > >>> > >> It really does apply to everything. > > > > As Mark Twain would say: all generalizations are false. Including this one > > ;-) > > > >> Even if you have the best meeting > >> in the world, you bring back minutes and decisions made off list for > >> ratification. That way there is then an archive of the decision and > >> everyone can participate. > > > > I think if you unpack this statement you will see that there's an implicit > > assumption about "collaborative things". That's 90+% of what ASF does. > > And the statement applies there 100% -- no disagreement there. > > > > But there's also a small portion of things that have to do with humans, > > personalities and personnel. That's where what - Julian mentioned really > > starts making sense. At least in my book. > > > > Thanks, > > Roman. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
