hi On 10 November 2011 15:05, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lo...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi >> >> On 10 November 2011 12:40, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> I have noticed as each N-L project is ported that they are all unique. Each >>> community has made its own choices about what is in the "site". At the ASF >>> the PPMC must be responsible for governing the project. We must find a way >>> to be a global community, yet we also need to follow a few rules. >> >> >> I quite agree. The issue with us, was that we needed—or I felt we >> needed—to grow exponentially, and fast. But at this point, I do >> believe that autonomy is great, but autonomy without community is a >> nonstarter, and a community only can sustain itself by agreeing to >> core beliefs and practices. As we no longer have corporate overlords >> here in Apache land, and as we really are a community driven thing, a >> res publica, then I would suggest that one of our topmost orders of >> business be the communal crafting and articulation and posting of a >> manifesto—a declaration of identity within Apache—that gives guidance >> as well as identity to Apache OO's members/contributors. >> > > We will need to have a "charter" when we graduate: >
yes. > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#tlp-resolution > > Maybe you want to start drafting that on the wiki? Sure, graduation > is a ways away, but there is no harm in having a scratchpad for > recording ideas whenever anyone feels inspired. Yes; that was the idea behind my idea: to have an idea all can identify with or circle around (Think of my favourite Wallace Stevens poem; sure you know it). (Sorry, it's near dinner time and blood sugar be low.) > > -Rob > > >> Cheers >> louis -louis
