> On Jan 29, 2015, at 8:42 AM, Gary Tully <gary.tu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In that way, committers that are interested in project management > duties can indicate same with their votes. Effectively self elect to > step up to the task. > > What is the down side?
The main thing I have seen with projects that go this route is that the bar to become a committer starts to go higher. Subconsciously, people start thinking that folks need to contribute more and show a longer commitment to the project before being voted in as a committer because that means those people would also be PMC members and be “responsible”. People wait longer to call votes. That can discourage people from getting involved. Personally, I think we need to LOWER the bar to be a committer and avoid things that tend to raise it. Grant committership easily, then the PMC becomes a goal as the person sticks around and becomes more involved. Helps encourage them to do just that. -- Daniel Kulp dk...@apache.org - http://dankulp.com/blog Talend Community Coder - http://coders.talend.com
