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
(was: should podlings have informal chairs?) 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

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-24 Thread Chris Hostetter
:  * Umbrella Projects add a layer of indirection that make it hard for the : board to know when there are problems in the individual (sub/leaf) : projects. : :  * The Board needs regular status updates on all the projects in the ASF : (where podlings are considered projects) : : Podlings

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: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
On 23 November 2011 20:11, Chris Hostetter hossman_l...@fucit.org wrote: :  * Umbrella Projects add a layer of indirection that make it hard for the : board to know when there are problems in the individual (sub/leaf) : projects. : :  * The Board needs regular status updates on all the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-24 Thread Benson Margulies
I will offer a theory in response to Hoss. The incubator has a particular and critical role in the success of the Foundations. Projects that start well are likelier to continue well. From this, you might argue along with Hoss that the Board, burned once by problems with delegated supervision,

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
for. - Dennis -Original Message- From: sebb [mailto:seb...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 02:08 To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal

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
) [mailto:chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 07:45 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) That would work for me, Bertrand...with the assumption

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

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
- From: Mattmann, Chris A (388J) [mailto:chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov] Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 07:45 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) That would work

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

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) 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

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
: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) 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

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

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
, 2011 09:37 To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: dennis.hamil...@acm.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) On Nov 24, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 24 November 2011 17:17, Dennis E

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
as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) 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

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

2011-11-24 Thread Ross Gardler
: Thursday, November 24, 2011 11:26 To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org; general@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 24

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: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-23 Thread Ross Gardler
On 22 November 2011 03:50, Chris Hostetter hossman_l...@fucit.org wrote: : We should be reporting to the board about OUR work, not the work of : the podlings.  Podlings should only be brought in for a few specific : examplesto mention.  That's the first thing to correct. While I generally

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-23 Thread Joe Schaefer
To: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:50 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? : We should be reporting to the board about OUR work, not the work of : the podlings.  Podlings

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

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
; dennis.hamil...@acm.org Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) 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

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

2011-11-23 Thread Sam Ruby
] Clarify the role of the Champion as an incubation coordinator (was: should podlings have informal chairs?) 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

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... We should be reporting to the board about OUR work, not the work of the podlings.  Podlings should only be brought in for a few specific

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread ant elder
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... We should be reporting to the board about OUR work, not the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... We should be reporting to the board about OUR work, not the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Ross Gardler
On 22 November 2011 10:20, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... We should be reporting to the board about OUR work, not the work of

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Benson Margulies
I am +1 to Joe's formulation of short-term action items. I'd like to graduate one or two of my personal ducklings before I sign up to start acting as a wandering nuncio to others. On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 22 November 2011 10:20, Bertrand

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Christian Grobmeier
- Original Message - From: Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:42 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote:  On Mon, Nov 21

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: snip But I think you mentioned something important, the fuzzy benchmarks. There are some we can make more critical, like: sign copyright stuff within 3 months or leave. Something like that. Legal stuff isn't

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: soft time limits (sign off copyright within 3 months or expect IPMC scrutiny) would probably be useful, I think. +1 Robert - Sam Ruby

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Ross Gardler
On 22 November 2011 14:08, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: To me a lot of the problem stems from the fact that the reports are misdirected- instead of informing the board about the activities of the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: soft time limits (sign off copyright within 3 months or expect IPMC scrutiny) would probably be useful, I think. +1 I think

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-22 Thread Mohammad Nour El-Din
I went over the whole thread and I like idea, but I have one concern, what if the non of the mentors agreed to be the initial chair of the podling, Does this stop the podling from being accepted ? Does this mean that all mentors are not allowed to be accepted as mentors ? Or Champion needs to

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

2011-11-22 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Incubator PMC, On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: ...Should we appoint one of the mentors at the start to be the chair of the PPMC, in the same way as a full project? I would see them as responsible for ensuring the podling is reporting, and that all

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

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: Hi, Some time back we moved to having 3 mentors, which had the positive of more hands and enough binding votes, but the downside of no single person on the hook for a podling's reporting and progress towards graduation.

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Ross Gardler
On 21 November 2011 08:42, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: Hi, Some time back we moved to having 3 mentors, which had the positive of more hands and enough binding votes, but the downside of no

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread ant elder
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 21 November 2011 08:42, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: Hi, Some time back we moved to having 3 mentors, which

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Nov 21, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 21 November 2011 08:42, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org wrote: Hi, Some time back we moved to having 3 mentors, which had the positive of more

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Saturday, November 19, 2011, Brett Porter wrote: ...Should we appoint one of the mentors at the start to be the chair of the PPMC, in the same way as a full project? I would see them as responsible for ensuring the podling is reporting, and that all of the mentors are engaged and signing

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Saturday, November 19, 2011, Brett Porter wrote: ...Should we appoint one of the mentors at the start to be the chair of the PPMC, in the same way as a full project? I would see them as responsible for

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: ... in the past I have already doubt the sense of a champion. Now with this new role it would make more sense to me. Therefore I would like the idea that the Champion should have this role. But I think there must

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 on redefining the Champion role as described in this thread (without assuming existing Champions will be happy with this new responsibility - if a mentor is not willing to take on the role then the podling has a problem) Ross On 21 November 2011 13:19, Bertrand Delacretaz

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread sebb
On 21 November 2011 13:23, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: +1 on redefining the Champion role as described in this thread (without assuming existing Champions will be happy with this new responsibility - if a mentor is not willing to take on the role then the podling has a

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: We also don't always document the Champion - it is on the initial proposal, but only some status pages seem to include the information. Perhaps we should require it in podlings.xml? [1]

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 11/19/2011 1:45 PM, Brett Porter wrote: Should we appoint one of the mentors at the start to be the chair of the PPMC, in the same way as a full project? I would see them as responsible for ensuring the podling is reporting, and that all of the mentors are engaged and signing off the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread sebb
On 21 November 2011 13:54, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: We also don't always document the Champion - it is on the initial proposal, but only some status pages seem to include the information. Perhaps we should

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:53 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 November 2011 13:54, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: If we agree that the Champion will have this new responsibility then I think we should add the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Ross Gardler
This image is great, you'll be putting alongside the docs right? On 21 November 2011 15:08, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:53 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 November 2011 13:54, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21,

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: This image is great, you'll be putting alongside the docs right? It is already there, I have announced it before I started with Bootstrapped See: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Process_Description.html It

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread sebb
On 21 November 2011 15:08, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 3:53 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 November 2011 13:54, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: If we agree that the

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:38 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: Currently it reads: drive the process of incubation forwards which finally leads to an acceptance vote The problem is that process of incubation can mean more than just entering the Incubator, and acceptance could refer to

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Joe Schaefer
: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:42 AM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 4:38 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: Currently it reads: drive the process of incubation forwards which finally leads to an acceptance vote The problem is that process

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Joe Schaefer
; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On 21 November 2011 16:47, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Personally I am against the idea of picking a chair for a podling early. That's

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Scott Deboy
What about getting rid of the word 'champion'? Seems like there are two roles: the Member(s) which backed the proposal to enter the incubator, and a Coordinator. Scott On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 21 November 2011 16:47, Joe Schaefer

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread sebb
On 21 November 2011 18:22, Scott Deboy scott.de...@gmail.com wrote: What about getting rid of the word 'champion'?  Seems like there are two roles: the Member(s) which backed the proposal to enter the incubator, and a Coordinator. I think Champion is a good name, especially for the pre-podling

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
- From: Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On 21 November 2011 16:47, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Personally

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:49 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On 21 November 2011 18:22, Scott Deboy scott.de...@gmail.com wrote: What about getting rid of the word 'champion'? Seems like there are two roles

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Benson Margulies
that supervision other than being a creature of 100 legs and no head. - Original Message - From: sebb seb...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:49 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On 21 November 2011 18:22, Scott Deboy scott.de

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Joe Schaefer
Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Well its a little confusing to expect anyone other than a mentor to shepherd a project- the corresponding shepherd at the TLP level is a board member

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Sam Ruby
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Add this item for discussion then: * currently the board is overloaded with parsing and processing the IPMC monthly reports, and would like to delegate most of that review to the the IPMC chair, who should figure out

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Benson Margulies
Sam, Do you see any validity in my theory that the ipmc is so large and diffuse as to be directionless? --benson - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Sam Ruby
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, Do you see any validity in my theory that the ipmc is so large and diffuse as to be directionless? I don't see that as a necessary consequence. The ASF is large and diffuse, yet each month we pretty

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Benson Margulies
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, Do you see any validity in my theory that the ipmc is so large and diffuse as to be directionless? I don't see that as a necessary

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Joe Schaefer
, 2011 7:42 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, Do you see any validity in my theory that the ipmc is so large

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Shane Curcuru
Wow quite a thread. +1 to the concept that the Champion is responsible for ensuring the new PPMC has a mentor who agrees to act as acting chair for the project. +1 to having a chair for PPMCs, to help ensure that reports are done in a timely and appropriate fashion. +1 to having the acting

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Sam Ruby
On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: To me a lot of the problem stems from the fact that the reports are misdirected- instead of informing the board about the activities of the IPMC, it tells them about the podling's activities, which doesn't scale

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread sebb
On 22 November 2011 00:42, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, Do you see any validity in my theory that the ipmc is so large

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Benson Margulies
I see what I did wrong. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:36 PM, sebb seb...@gmail.com wrote: On 22 November 2011 00:42, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Benson Margulies

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
. WDYT? - Original Message - From: Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:42 PM Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote

Re: should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-21 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 11/21/2011 5:13 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: Do you see any validity in my theory that the ipmc is so large and diffuse as to be directionless? Of course. It applies to the ASF as a whole. But Incubator submissions keep coming, as (generally part of one of) 1) dev lib functionality, 2)

should podlings have informal chairs?

2011-11-20 Thread Brett Porter
Hi, Some time back we moved to having 3 mentors, which had the positive of more hands and enough binding votes, but the downside of no single person on the hook for a podling's reporting and progress towards graduation. Should we appoint one of the mentors at the start to be the chair of the