Yep. Happy to see what the drafts look like. If two docs make sense, two docs make sense.
On 28 April 2014 22:04, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice. I personally would still like to see Diversity broken out in a separate > document, but the idea of a charter is very good and this covers a lot of > ground. > > This also dovetails very nicely with the mentorship ideas I have floated here > and on IRC in the past. > > +1, let's do this! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Noah Slater" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 3:50:15 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache CouchDB Diversity Statement. > > I have two things I'd like to add. > > 1. I'd like to widen this bit and turn it into a PMC charter. > Basically a document that sets out what the PMC values, our commitment > to diversity, and our pledge to the project. It's basically the same > idea, but with a flourishes. > > The closest we have to this at the moment is here: > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=couchdb-admin.git;a=blob_plain;f=email/invite_pmc.txt;hb=HEAD > > I'd like to improve on this. > > 2. Technical ability is something I feel very strongly about. We've > made a huge blunder IMO in requiring past contributors to be highly > technical. I would like to introduce and officialise the same policy > as Apache Forrest. > > cf. https://forrest.apache.org/committed.html > > Summary: we recognise merit in four areas: > > (Co)mmunity - one must interact with others, and share vision and knowledge > (P)roject - a clear vision and consensus are needed > (Do)cumentation - without it, the stuff remains only in the minds of the > authors > (C)ode - discussion goes nowhere without code > > I would like to think that we would elect someone who is blogging for > us, or doing marketing, or speaking a lot. These are all important > people, and their importance to the project should be recognised. > > It's been about two years since I started pushing on this topic at the > PMC level and there have been big cultural changes. I am confident > that I could elect people with contributions in any of these areas. > But I want to make it official. > > This is what we value. This is what we will recognise. Our promise to > the community. > > > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
