Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-25 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: ...Perhaps the proposal needs to make it explicit that the initial champion is the one to call a vote for the first non-IPMC champion and that this is am important step on the road to graduation I think that's

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-25 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: Wow, my thread got away from me. Thanks for tying all that back together Bertrand!.. You're welcome - I hope this is aligned with your initial idea! Considering the various comments in this thread, heres a slightly

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-25 Thread Ross Gardler
On 25 November 2011 09:13, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: ... 4a. Existing podlings will need to elect a Champion, unless their current one agrees to take on the above tasks. add before graduation? If

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-25 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 25 November 2011 09:13, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: ... 4a. Existing podlings will need to elect a Champion, unless their current one agrees to take on the above tasks. add before

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ...I think the Champion should be an ASF mentor, which I believe to be consistent with my interpretation of the documentation on podling [PROPOSAL]... I agree that the *initial* Champion must be an

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread sebb
On 24 November 2011 03:29, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I'm sorry.  I did not mean to suggest that the champion of the PPMC of which I am a member is any of those cases.  I'm certain our champion is

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Chris Hostetter
: Which is exactly why I suggest extending/clarifying that role. The : word Champion might not be ideal, but we already have it and if you : read http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Champion : it can be understood to include those new responsibilities (as Chris

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ...I think the Champion should be an ASF mentor, which I believe to be consistent with my interpretation of the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
On 23 November 2011 20:25, Chris Hostetter hossman_l...@fucit.org wrote: ... : Vice President implies power, we don't want to give the impression : that the Champion has any superpowers (reread the thread from which : this one derives) - it's just a coordination role. Isn't that true of the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
That would work for me, Bertrand...with the assumption that the later *Champion* would be the eventual VP. I think that *has* to happen and is consistent with what I have seen even now. Which brings me to...what's the delta here between this proposal and the current norm? What you describe

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Chris, On Thursday, November 24, 2011, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: ...Which brings me to...what's the delta here between this proposal and the current norm? What you describe below is really the current way it's gone for me at least IMHO, with Tika, with OODT, with Gora, etc.

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bertrand, On Nov 24, 2011, at 8:10 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Hi Chris, On Thursday, November 24, 2011, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: ...Which brings me to...what's the delta here between this proposal and the current norm? What you describe below is really the current way

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
My apologies for the diversion. I should not have said anything about my direct knowledge of a champion being an IPMC member or not. Whether I knew that or not was irrelevant to the point I wanted to make, which is now evidently lost. 1. I find value in the idea of the original champion

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I had hoped that the business of a PPMC-member champion being a VP-elect would have just gone away. That coupling is certain to inspire political motivation and purpose. I think that's a terrible trick to play on a PPMC. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Mattmann, Chris A (388J)

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
On 24 November 2011 17:17, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I had hoped that the business of a PPMC-member champion being a VP-elect would have just gone away.  That coupling is certain to inspire political motivation and purpose. I think that's a terrible trick to play on

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
On 24 November 2011 17:17, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: My apologies for the diversion.  I should not have said anything about my direct knowledge of a champion being an IPMC member or not.  Whether I knew that or not was irrelevant to the point I wanted to make, which is

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread ant elder
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 24 November 2011 17:17, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I had hoped that the business of a PPMC-member champion being a VP-elect would have just gone away.  That coupling is certain to inspire

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Nov 24, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 24 November 2011 17:17, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I had hoped that the business of a PPMC-member champion being a VP-elect would have just gone away. That coupling is certain to inspire political motivation and

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
On 24 November 2011 17:34, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 24 November 2011 17:17, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I had hoped that the business of a PPMC-member champion being a

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I understand about PMC chairs, but I thought that is for a TLP and happens at Podling graduation. Having PPMC chairs is a different story, and I hope I was careful not to confuse the two. I also don't want to collapse champion and PPMC chair in some way. I still favor the one and not the

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 24, 2011 5:59 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I understand about PMC chairs, but I thought that is for a TLP and happens at Podling graduation. The official role of PMC chair is created upon

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Brett Porter
Wow, my thread got away from me. Thanks for tying all that back together Bertrand! +1 to this proposal, whatever they happen to be called (I find Champion a bit weird still, but I can see how it fits - and we don't need any more acronyms). A couple of notes: On 23/11/2011, at 8:29 AM,

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Ross, I don't see the champion (who is at least a mentor) and an informal PPMC chair somehow selected among the PPMC members as interchangeable or equivalent. My concern was, to the extent that view exists (and I may simply be confused), I don't get it. I'd be happy to learn that I have

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 25, 2011 5:41 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Ross, I don't see the champion (who is at least a mentor) and an informal PPMC chair somehow selected among the PPMC members as interchangeable or

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 23, 2011 8:12 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Christian Grobmeier

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:28:06PM +0100, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ...The word champion doesn't seem to describe this new role precisely.  A champion is someone who fights on your behalf -- in the context of a new

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Ross Gardler
On 23 November 2011 09:14, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: ... Vice President implies power, we don't want to give the impression that the Champion has any superpowers (reread the thread from which this one derives) - it's just a coordination role. +1 I imagine I would

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 23, 2011 8:12 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: I can already hear the questions: Can I serve as a Champion, I am not a

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Shane Curcuru
Great stuff, and great discussion. Thanks in particular Bertrand for making it a specific proposal. +1 On 2011-11-22 4:29 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ... 3. The Champion is not necessarily a mentor. Correct - from the organizational point of view, the champion role as defined is

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
As member of a PPMC whose champion continued after formation of the podling, I would miss someone in that role. Also, the notion of the champion as the podling mentor herder has a certain appeal. At the moment, our champion is the person who performs many of the actions that require more

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: 3. The Champion is not necessarily a mentor. Ah now I know what confused me. A Champion is not necessarily a mentor - but he should be either on the IPMC, a Officer or a Member, right? A Champion cannot be

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 02:09:13PM -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Also, the notion of the champion as the podling mentor herder has a certain appeal. It seems a little odd to me that a PPMC member who is neither an ASF Member nor on the IPMC may be elected to the Champion role and then would

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Nov 23, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 02:09:13PM -0800, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: Also, the notion of the champion as the podling mentor herder has a certain appeal. It seems a little odd to me that a PPMC member who is neither an ASF Member nor on

RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I'm sorry. I did not mean to suggest that the champion of the PPMC of which I am a member is any of those cases. I'm certain our champion is an ASF Member. I haven't checked to see if the champion is a member of the IPMC, though I wouldn't be surprised. I was not speaking on behalf of

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-23 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I'm sorry.  I did not mean to suggest that the champion of the PPMC of which I am a member is any of those cases.  I'm certain our champion is an ASF Member.  I haven't checked to see if the champion is a

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Christian Grobmeier
+1 on everything, just a few comments... On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: 3. The Champion is not necessarily a mentor. Not sure if that actually makes sense. I think a Champion is a mentor by default somehow 4. The podling can elect a new

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Benson Margulies
The last time I was in this neighborhood, I was told (by no less than our esteemed chairman) that the Champion's role was purely to play Virgil on a podling's initial tour of the Foundation and the Incubator. Once the podling was accepted, the Champion evaporated. If I add Bertrand and

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: ...2) We redefine the term Champion to be a sort of meta-mentor who, somehow, watches out for bears or missing mentors without necessarily getting deeply involved... That's exactly what I'm suggesting. ...As far

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: 3. The Champion is not necessarily a mentor. Not sure if that actually makes sense. I think a Champion is a mentor by default

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: [..snip..] But as you say that role evaporates once the project starts, so it seems to make sense to give more meaning to it, considering that that fills some existing gaps. That hasn't been my experience at all. I've been a Champion

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ...But as you say that role evaporates once the project starts, so it seems to make sense to give more meaning to it, considering that that

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Thanks Bertrand. I guess my whole point is that I think what you guys are discussing as Champion is what I've always felt it was. Anyhoo, take care and Happy Holidays (at least out here in the States!) :-) Cheers, Chris On Nov 22, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Wed, Nov 23,

Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?)

2011-11-22 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:28:06PM +0100, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: ...2) We redefine the term Champion to be a sort of meta-mentor who, somehow, watches out for bears or missing mentors without necessarily