I can certainly watch for this stuff. Upayavira
On Thu, 2010-09-30 at 09:28 -0700, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > Greets, > > The software grant for the KinoSearch codebase is moving forward: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCY-122 > > * The snapshot tarball has been attached to JIRA. > * A modified SGA form has been prepared as per option 2 of > <http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html#notes>. > * Email has been sent out to all parties that we need to participate in > the grant requesting that they print, sign and send in the SGA. > > One contributor who has faxed in his form already has asked for confirmation > that it was received. I'd also like to be able to find out who has sent in > forms so that I can thank those who have sent them and, after a week has > passed, follow up with those whose forms are still missing. Is it possible > for for a Member of the ASF (as all our Mentors are) to peer into the process > and see such information? According to the IP Clearance form, it should be > possible to see the grant in a "grants.txt" file: > > http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/ip-clearance-template.html > > Receipt of the software grant form must be acknowledged by an Officer of > the > ASF by recording in the correct file (grants.txt for a License Grant or > cclas.txt for a Corporate CLA). In most normal circumstances, the officer > should be the ASF Secretary, who must be provided a copy of the grant or > CCLA > in any case (if not originally sent or Emailed to him). > > However, that may only refer to acknowledgment on completion, and it's not > clear whether there is a way of monitoring the status of a multi-party grant > in progress. > > Also, perhaps we should email [email protected] a heads-up regarding the grant? > As of now, the Secretary has started receiving documents, but it may not be > clear what they are -- the form does not mention "Lucy". Nevertheless, I > believe that either Sam Ruby or Craig Russell is the Secretary and they are at > least both aware of "KinoSearch" and its relation to the Lucy podling. > > This blog post from Sam Ruby about the Apache Secretary workflow seems like it > might be of interest: > > http://intertwingly.net/blog/2010/01/28/Secretary-Workflow > > Marvin Humphrey >
