On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Martijn Dashorst > <martijn.dasho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> IMO the champion helps clarify the incubator process up to acceptance >> of the podling into the incubator. For example the champion for Wicket >> was not a singular person, but both Alex Karasulu and Upayavira were >> both very instrumental in smoothing our transition into the incubator. >> >> general@ can be very confusing and sometimes even hostile towards new >> podlings. Having a champion watching out for the podling is rather >> useful.... > > Agreed, IMO the role of the champion is to help the podling get > started (which might include help find a sponsor, mentors etc) and > they might only follow things from afar once that's done.
So, why do we need a role for that? I rarely see the call "We need a champion" on the mailinglsit. So I assume that these persons are somehow connected to the project before. Or they read the draft-proposal and contact people directly. At the moment it looks as it is required to have a Champion. I don't think so. It should be optional, if we really need such a role. I still doubt. Instead, a Champion is more or less the first mentor a project has. It should be called Mentor (or initial mentor) to avoid to much unnecessary terms. In fact, with DirectMemory I have felt it led all to more confusion than it was helpful. Help finding a sponsor - default sponsor is Incubator PMC. There is no real need of it. Help finding mentors - an email to general usually is enough to make people act. Cheers, Christian > It's different from a mentor who's supposed to stay active until > graduation, but in some cases the role/people overlap, without > problems. > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- http://www.grobmeier.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
