On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:55 PM, Thorsten Schöning <tschoen...@am-soft.de> wrote: > Guten Tag Marvin Humphrey, > am Donnerstag, 25. Februar 2016 um 20:14 schrieben Sie: > >> This is a reminder that your report is due next Wednesday, March >> 2nd. > > I've added the same like last month, I don't see that things have > changed. > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/March2016
To be clear, this month's report is an exact copy-and-paste of last month's report. Last month's report was a good report! However... Having attended many Board meetings, I can tell you that the Board does not like to receive copy-pasted reports. The Board reads reports carefully and is truly trying to monitor the health of its project communities. It relies on the people who write reports (generally the PMC Chairs) to provide accurate insight into community state so that it does not get blindsided when a project goes critical. A report that states "no change since last month" is not a great report, but it is better than copying-and-pasting. But in fact there are interesting things to say about log4cxx's development the last month: it would help the IMPC to better understand the podling's state to know that while there remains a willing volunteer, there was no visible progress made towards a release. Also, the state of Bill Rowe as Mentor is worth reporting on, even if to say it is unresolved. I should also mention that I updated the report to remove Scott Deboy's signoff box and add one for new Mentor Ralph Goers. Ralph will be expected to sign off on this month's report. Finally, log4cxx is no longer in monthly reporting because the Mentor crisis is over, so you're back on a quarterly report cycle. It just so happens that this is the month is your month, but your next report won't come due for another three months. Marvin Humphrey
