Awasum Yannick wrote on 2019-8-23 2:36AM EDT: > Hi. > > Anyone on the PMC just needs to confirm that the mentor/committer has the > support and backing of the PMC to do Outreachy.
Putting it in Apache terms, there are two questions Awasum is asking above, which each need some thought: - Is the PMC aware, and providing at least Lazy Consensus that they don't mind if the volunteer mentor is working with Outreachy on their project? That should be pretty easy, unless the PMC has specific concerns about the mentor's behavior. This is required IMO, and we could make the doc more clear by specifying lazy consensus [1]. (OK, that part is pretty easy) - Are other PMC members committing to support and actively assist the mentor in their work on Outreachy? I.e. not just regular PMC work of reviewing patches in general, but are (at least some) other PMC members willing to step up as backup mentor if the volunteer mentor is away temporarily? This is a much more complicated question. It all depends on the volunteer mentor's time and reliability to start with. It feels like this is a key question for Apache projects and Outreachy: does Outreachy expect the *whole* project leadership to be active (in some way) at helping the intern, or just the specific named volunteer mentor(s)? -- - Shane Director & Member The Apache Software Foundation [1] https://community.apache.org/committers/lazyConsensus.html > This is just to make sure a mentor is not rogue and to avoid confusion in > case a mentor is not able to attend to an intern, then the PMC will be able > to step in and replace that committer. (Just one instance) > > > Hope this helps. > > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 02:59 Kenneth Knowles <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a couple people waiting for "PMC consensus" based on item 4 from >> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/EDI/2019/08/19/Seeking+volunteer+mentors+from+all+Apache+projects+to+help+mentor+under-represented+contributors >> . >> >> I am not really sure what this entails, or whether the PMC really needs to >> approve anything. Is there something specific in mind? (apologies if I >> missed the thread or FAQ and failed to find the info) >> >> Kenn >> >
