Yep great progress all around. Would be good to see the refactored API solidify but that should be there this week or next. This has been an active Summer with lots of contributions. I'm going to try to be more active on this end so I can throw my hat in the ring for VP. That said there are several others that could do a great job at it too.
-Paul On Aug 11, 2013, at 12:14 PM, "Michael Joyce" <[email protected]> wrote: > That's great to hear Chris! I'm glad to see the project moving forward so > quickly. Good job everyone! > > > -- Joyce > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> BTW now that Alex is at Colorado State, and Kim Whitehall is back >> at Howard, that definitely increases diversity :) Just thought of >> that, and in terms of the PPMC, we certainly have it there too, >> so just food for thought. I don't think we have a diversity issue, >> I'm more concerned with 0.2-incubating and the VP candidate. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: [email protected] >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <Mattmann>, jpluser <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: "[email protected]" >> <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, August 8, 2013 7:43 PM >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [DISCUSS] Steps towards graduation >> >>> Hey Guys, >>> >>> So, .., >>> >>> 1. We've made a release and have one in the waiting (I'll vote on >>> it Mike, promise ;) ) >>> 2. We've added new contributors >>> 3. We've had a TON of activity on list in terms of dev, and great, >>> thoughtful and community oriented activity. >>> 4. Made contributions from a number of different members of the >>> community. >>> >>> What's left? Not much. I think we're ready to graduate after >>> 0.2-incubating. We don't have a ton of diversity, that's definitely >>> and issue, but it's not a blocking issue to graduation as evidence >>> by recent podlings including Sqoop, etc. >>> >>> One other thing I think we need is a solid VP candidate for the project. >>> The roles of this person would be filing reports with the board, and >>> being the "eyes and ears" of the board on the project. I'm going to >>> watch over the next month or so for a potential nominee, or more to >>> come out of the woodworks, but once we have a candidate or two, >>> the 0.2-incubating release, I'm going to call for an official graduation >>> discussion and proceed. No need to linger in the Incubator longer >>> than we have to and you guys have shown you are operating like a >>> true Apache TLP. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Chris >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >>> Senior Computer Scientist >>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >>> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >>> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >>
