re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/31/2012 5:05 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: >> >> Having said that, I should note that the context of Incubator is >> significantly different than a normal PMC. If incubator wants to structure >> itself more like a board and less l

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread Benson Margulies
At the risk of seeming trite, +1, but ... This lengthy proposal shifts the supervision responsibility of podlings from an big IPMC to a set of mentors approved by the board at the advice of a small iPMC. In other words, a project is born when three? foundation members, or others deemed appropriate

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Bill, On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> [...snip large thought...please check archives here to see it: http://s.apache.org/S0i ] >> >> Anyways I could type more but I think I've beat this horse to death. I appeal >> to you and to the rest of the board members readi

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Benson, On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > At the risk of seeming trite, +1, but ... > > This lengthy proposal shifts the supervision responsibility of > podlings from an big IPMC to a set of mentors approved by the board at > the advice of a small iPMC. Yea Bill's amendm

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 4:52 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > At the risk of seeming trite, +1, but ... > > This lengthy proposal shifts the supervision responsibility of > podlings from an big IPMC to a set of mentors approved by the board at > the advice of a small iPMC. No. Forget IPMC. The VP, Project In

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 5:14 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: >> >> It seems to me that this ups the ante quite a bit on the accidental >> argument I started about mentor qualifications. The board absolutely >> does not want to have to provide direct

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 5:11 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> >> I'd modify your proposal just a smidge. Keep an Incubator VP with a very >> small >> operational committee just to help move the podling through the entire >> process >> of wran

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Bill, On Feb 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/1/2012 5:11 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >> >> On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >>> >>> I'd modify your proposal just a smidge. Keep an Incubator VP with a very >>> small >>> operational commit

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-01 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 21:22, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hi Bill, > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >... >>  VP Project Incubation >> works with those Champions.  Much like the foundation-wide security@a.o team >> works with all the individual projects as a resource

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Donald Whytock
Isn't there also something along the lines of what's called "culpable deniability"? Since podlings may be in states where their offerings might not be as legal as TLPs (licensing issues, trademark/branding issues, etc.), is it not more convenient for them to be relegated to an area specifically de

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Greg, First off, thanks for commenting on this. My replies below: On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 21:22, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > wrote: >> Hi Bill, >> >> On Feb 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: >> ... >>> VP Project Incubation >>>

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
Wow... a post that was too long even for me :) We might want to break this down into a couple of distinct topic threads for simplicities sake. Anyways, just one commment; On 2/2/2012 10:56 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > >> I can easily s

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bill, On Feb 2, 2012, at 9:25 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > Wow... a post that was too long even for me :) We might want to break > this down into a couple of distinct topic threads for simplicities sake. Sorry I have a big mouth :) Thanks for breaking it down. Comments below. > > Anyw

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/2/2012 12:27 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > I guess the key difference between this small (but important) part of > our interpretation of this Incubator fix resolution that we're discussing > is the following: > > You (and maybe Greg?) feel that you need 1 VP guy (and perhaps > a

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bill, On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:33 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/2/2012 12:27 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >> >> I guess the key difference between this small (but important) part of >> our interpretation of this Incubator fix resolution that we're discussing >> is the following:

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/2/2012 12:49 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > OK. If that VP isn't a flow-through and isn't visible when things are working > optimally, then why have him/her? Because when the process needs revision, and it will, the board doesn't want to revise it. ComDev shouldn't have to revise i

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bill, On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:54 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/2/2012 12:49 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >> >> OK. If that VP isn't a flow-through and isn't visible when things are working >> optimally, then why have him/her? > > Because when the process needs revision, and it

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Joe Schaefer
mann, Chris A (388J)" >To: William A. Rowe Jr. >Cc: "general@incubator.apache.org" >Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 2:08 PM >Subject: Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"? > >Hey Bill, > >On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:54 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > >

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
need to go as a foundation. We don't need to ope any more outdoor markets; we already have a successful bazaar in front of us! Cheers, Chris > > > >> >> From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" >> To: William A. Rowe Jr. >

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Leo Simons
Hey folks, I just wanted to chime in with a +1 for the general direction. I think there's actually a lot of work to do to iron out how to reorganize things. Before digging in, I suggest we abstract out a little bit to see if we have consensus on the overall goals and desired end state before start

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Karl Wright
I like this general direction as well; seems much more manageable. +1. Karl On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Leo Simons wrote: > Hey folks, > > I just wanted to chime in with a +1 for the general direction. I think > there's actually a lot of work to do to iron out how to reorganize > things. Bef

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 12:52:33AM +0100, Leo Simons wrote: > The basic idea is to split the current single really big group that is > the incubator into smaller groups that still cooperate and discuss and > whatnot, but are accountable and overseen separately. These smaller > groups become their o

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Karl Wright
I don't think one approach precludes the other. Agreed that incubator needs to keep going in the interim. Perhaps we can spin off groups one at a time, starting with just one to get the bugs worked out? Karl On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 12:52

RE: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-02 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> I just wanted to chime in with a +1 for the general direction. +1 from me, too. --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apach

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 3 February 2012 01:13, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 12:52:33AM +0100, Leo Simons wrote: >> The basic idea is to split the current single really big group that is >> the incubator into smaller groups that still cooperate and discuss and >> whatnot, but are accountable and ove

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t thoughts/positioning below. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:25, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > Wow... a post that was too long even for me :)  We might want to break > t

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Greg, On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes > :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t > thoughts/positioning below. I was in "sort of concurrence" as well. I think what you guys are pro

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes > :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t > thoughts/positioning below. While I agree that in an ideal world that's how things *ought* to operate, do

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: >> Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes >> :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t >> thoughts/positioning below. > > While I agree that in an ideal

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bill, On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:19 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: >>> Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes >>> :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: >>> Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes >>> :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t >

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
I believe there is a minor typo below: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 17:00, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. > wrote: >> On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: >>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bi

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: > There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me. Instead > of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator > playing a role much like legal or trademarks (or infra or press > or...). In particular, when problems arise

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me. Instead >> of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator >> playing a role much like legal or trademarks (or inf

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 4:46 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > >> On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >>> There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me. Instead >>> of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incub

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >> There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me.  Instead >> of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator >> playing a role much like legal or trademarks (or

Re: Incubator, or "Incubation"?

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 3 February 2012 23:38, Sam Ruby wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: >> On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: >>> There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me.  Instead >>> of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator >>>