Some very general guidance - https://community.apache.org/newcommitter.html
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Lars Francke <lars.fran...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2019 8:34:10 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Meritocracy, initial contributors and (Incubator) Proposals Hello everyone, I should have thought of this before, but I didn't. I also did some research in the mailing list archives, but the search terms are so common, I didn't come up with anything. Meritocracy is valued strongly at the ASF. Usually it is granted post-fact when someone has proven her- or himself. There are lots of problems with that too, but this is not about that. This is related to the Training proposal on this list that I started yesterday. Proposals (and this especially) are a way to be granted something that you usually have to work for (prove merit). I'm wondering what has been done in the past in these situations? Is everyone just added to the list of contributors/PMC members? There is no real limit to the number of people that can be part of the initial team as far as I know. Now, I know some of the people who have contacted me, and I am honored that they chose to work with me/us on this project. Most people on here I have never met though and even though I may have read some names on the mailing list I have no way of assessing whether they are a good fit for a project. I would usually just trust implicitly (by being on this list, contributor to other projects etc.) and would say "the more the merrier". In this case I happen to be the one who's written the proposal but it could have been anyone really. Should it really be me judging who's a good fit? When do we/I say "stop, we have enough"? On the other hand, it would be a pity to have a PMC/initial contributors list with inactive people and no way to "prune" it. This can be problematic depending on bylaws (which I've been bitten by already in another project) and for other reasons. I'm looking for any advice and past experiences. Cheers, Lars
