Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Should old Project Steering Committee members be put out to pasture?

2007-07-17 Thread Jody Garnett
We put them out to pasture - if they have not been meeting their responsibilities for a fixed period of time (ie attended a meeting or reviewing project proposals). It is a tough decision and GeoTools managed to paint itself into a corner before enacting this policy (corner = not enough people

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Should old Project Steering Committee members be put out to pasture?

2007-07-17 Thread Daniel Morissette
Cameron Shorter wrote: Should the developer step down from the Project Steering Committee? Should the developer be offered a new title - "Project's Honoured Grandfather" or similar? What do other OSGeo projects do with their old guard? FYI here is what MapServer's PSC Guidelines says abou

[OSGeo-Discuss] Should old Project Steering Committee members be put out to pasture?

2007-07-16 Thread Cameron Shorter
One of your developers has been very active, contributed lots of code, advice, documentation but then their priorities change. They haven't got as much time for the project, or maybe the project grows and they can't keep up with increased email traffic. The developer still holds a lot of knowl