Hi Henri, Makes sense. I have forked-off a new email thread requesting feedback on how to increase/improve community involvement for Apache MXNet Incubating.
I will talk to one of the committers to propose the list of new committers so that the discussion happens within the committers team. Thanks, Bhavin Thaker. On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:39 AM, Hen <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bhavin. Let's definitely get that as an active conversation. > > In general I'm okay with the report. I'm having login pains with the wiki > (yay for non-ldap service), but chatted with Suneel on IM and he said he'd > update the wiki for me (much appreciated Suneel, thank you :) ). > > Hen > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:19 PM, Bhavin Thaker <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Henri, dev@ > > > > 1/ No contributors have been proposed so far but there have been few > folks > > who have had significant contributions to MXNet. There is no email thread > > yet. I propose that the committers review the contributions on a > quarterly > > basis. > > > > 2/ The hope is to get more contributors based on various MXNet talks at > > conferences, universities, etc. If anybody has suggestions on how to > > increase the contributions to MXNet, please share your ideas. > > > > Bhavin Thaker. > > > > On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 9:15 PM Hen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Few items that flagged for me in the report: > > > > > > 1/ "We are working on finding more contributors to the project." + > > "There > > > is a plan to convert more contributors into committers in early 2018." > > > > > > I haven't seen this being discussed; is there a thread? Or if not, > what's > > > the plan here? > > > > > > 2/ Noting that there needs to be more blogging on the Apache blog. I > > would > > > assume that an Apache blog entry is Apache 2.0 licensed; thus it would > be > > > perfectly fine imo to post on the Apache site and then on the AWS site > > > (with reference to it being previously posted on the Apache blog). > > > > > > Hen > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Suneel Marthi <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Report's been filed - mentors please comment and sign-off > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:42 PM, Suneel Marthi <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'll post the report to Incubator Wiki sometime today - mentors can > > > then > > > > > sign off. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Markus Weimer <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Thanks for putting this together! I made a pass and left one > > comment. > > > > >> Besides that, it looks good to me and documents immense progress. > > > Great > > > > >> job > > > > >> :) > > > > >> > > > > >> Regarding the timeline for mentor sign-off, this is challenging. > > > > >> > > > > >> I believe the way that I sign off on the report is to log into the > > > > >> incubator wiki and adding an `x` at the right spot. It isn't > enough > > > for > > > > >> you > > > > >> to copy & paste that from the Google doc. > > > > >> > > > > >> The timeline set here gives exactly 1 day for us to do that, which > > > > >> $DAY_JOB > > > > >> might make challenging. I should be able to make it this time, but > > > can't > > > > >> really promise that in the future. Any chance we can get this into > > the > > > > >> wiki > > > > >> earlier in the future? > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks! > > > > >> > > > > >> Markus > > > > >> > > > > >> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 9:39 PM, Suk Won Kim < > [email protected]> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > Hi all, > > > > >> > Bhavin Thaker and I propose the attached podling report draft > and > > > > would > > > > >> > like your review comments and contributions to the report by > > 02-Jan, > > > > >> 2018, > > > > >> > since the report is due on 03-Jan, 2018. Mentors, please signoff > > > this > > > > >> draft > > > > >> > via email by 1/2/2018 since we plan to submit the report by 1/3. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Please find the draft below. > > > > >> > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PGhs96klZB6DXhpK9_ > > > > >> > biPh4-aCm8-bWwFzexnOW_GMA/edit > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 6:30 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > Dear podling, > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the > > Apache > > > > >> > > Incubator PMC. It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of > > > time > > > > to > > > > >> > > prepare your quarterly board report. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 17 January 2018, 10:30 > > am > > > > PDT. > > > > >> > > The report for your podling will form a part of the Incubator > > PMC > > > > >> > > report. The Incubator PMC requires your report to be > submitted 2 > > > > weeks > > > > >> > > before the board meeting, to allow sufficient time for review > > and > > > > >> > > submission (Wed, January 03). > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the > > > > Incubator > > > > >> > > PMC, and subsequently board members to review and digest. > Again, > > > the > > > > >> > > very latest you should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to > > the > > > > >> board > > > > >> > > meeting. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Thanks, > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > The Apache Incubator PMC > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Submitting your Report > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > ---------------------- > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Your report should contain the following: > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > * Your project name > > > > >> > > * A brief description of your project, which assumes no > > > knowledge > > > > of > > > > >> > > the project or necessarily of its field > > > > >> > > * A list of the three most important issues to address in > the > > > move > > > > >> > > towards graduation. > > > > >> > > * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might > > wish/need > > > > to > > > > >> be > > > > >> > > aware of > > > > >> > > * How has the community developed since the last report > > > > >> > > * How has the project developed since the last report. > > > > >> > > * How does the podling rate their own maturity. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/January2018 > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Note: This is manually populated. You may need to wait a > little > > > > before > > > > >> > > this page is created from a template. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Mentors > > > > >> > > ------- > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign > them > > > off > > > > >> on > > > > >> > > the Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you > are > > > > >> > > following the project - projects that are not signed may raise > > > > alarms > > > > >> > > for the Incubator PMC. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Incubator PMC > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > -- > > > > >> > *Sukwon Kim* > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
