Hi Bill, Thank you for your assistance in mentoring Chukwa. We appreciate your guidance in the past two years. We will definitely elect a mentor to join our PMC when the community is ready to graduate. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.
regards, Eric On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:59 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi chukwa team, > > It's been my pleasure to help you through incubation, what little help > I was able to offer. > > Right now I need to cut back seriously from excess commitments, and > particularly from those groups with dysfunctional operating patterns > or participants. > > That does *not* include chukwa developers! You guys rock, and I believe > this effort is about ready to graduate. Since it's a very small effort > and committee, I'd encourage you to 'bring along a mentor' or few into > your initial PMC when the time comes, just as boosters, to help guide > you in bringing on new committers and new project members. > > Case in point, I remained as a PMC member and mentor to stdcxx upon its > graduation several years ago. Rather than fold into the attic due to > recent inactivity, that project has just finished identifying three brand > new committers and project members to continue its legacy, with my prodding > and encouragement, even as the board was prepared to terminate it. Someday, > such a mentor could help give chukwa that little kick, to ensure that it > remains successful, so please consider bringing one along with you :) > > But the incubator-as-a-whole is no longer enjoyable for me, and as your > mentor, it's on me to follow all of the public-general@ and back channel > private@ committee business. Those were increasingly high volume but > oftentimes poor signal/noise communication channels, not to mention > outright insulting and degrading. I'm sorry but I simply could no longer > commit to following those channels anymore on chukwa's behalf. I trust > Jukka to spearhead the necessary effort to find new and better solutions > at the incubator for everyone participating, but I don't have the bandwidth > to participate in that evolution. > > So earlier today, I've resigned from the Incubator PMC, and am seeking > a new mentor to replace me on your behalf. I don't want to leave you > in the lurch, and do hope we can find someone for the project; Jukka is > also helping in this recruiting effort. > > I wish you all well in your project and upcoming graduation! > > Cheers, > > Bill
