Re: [PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-22 Thread Tim Williams
On 8/17/05, David Crossley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tim Williams wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: David Crossley wrote: However there are two potential problems there: What if the new person refused to submit the CLA? I cannot see why - it doesn't take away any of their

[PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-17 Thread David Crossley
At the moment we do everything on the PMC private list and only announce the new PMC member at the very end. We do this ... 1) Vote and frank discussion in private. 2) If successful, then invite them. after they accept, then do: 3) Advise them about next steps, ask for Contributor License

Re: [PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-17 Thread Ferdinand Soethe
David Crossley wrote: Now all that waiting causes problems, e.g. Cyriaque's case had successful vote, but we cannot yet announce it to the dev list. I didn't follow Cyriaque's case closely so I'm not sure what problem this creates, could you explain this please. It would be better if we

Re: [PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-17 Thread David Crossley
Ferdinand Soethe wrote: David Crossley wrote: Now all that waiting causes problems, e.g. Cyriaque's case had successful vote, but we cannot yet announce it to the dev list. I didn't follow Cyriaque's case closely so I'm not sure what problem this creates, could you explain this

Re: [PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
David Crossley wrote: It would be better if we could announce them to dev@ list at step 3 and just say that there are more procedural steps which will take some time. +1 However there are two potential problems there: What if the new person refused to submit the CLA? I cannot see why - it

Re: [PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-17 Thread Tim Williams
On 8/17/05, Ross Gardler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Crossley wrote: It would be better if we could announce them to dev@ list at step 3 and just say that there are more procedural steps which will take some time. +1 However there are two potential problems there: What if

Re: [PMC] change the procedure for new committers

2005-08-17 Thread David Crossley
Tim Williams wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: David Crossley wrote: However there are two potential problems there: What if the new person refused to submit the CLA? I cannot see why - it doesn't take away any of their rights. If someone does refuse then that would lead to an