two docs make sense imho. +1 Cheers
Andy On 28 April 2014 22:44, Robert Samuel Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > Count me in. > > B. > > On 28 Apr 2014, at 21:09, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > -- Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt! http://www.couchdb-buch.de http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc
