On Jan 12, 2012, at 4:11 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > wrote: >> I was thinking about this differently: mentors be responsible for >> ensuring IPMC has a complete picture, but normally the PPMC members >> write the reports. (Not unlike how, in a PMC, any PMC member might >> write the report but it's the Chair's responsibility to ensure it is >> complete and accurate.) > > And I want to throw in my pet peeve; 1 Mentor! > One Responsible Mentor is better than 5 paper ones, and with a minimal > work load (whatever that might be) the "trimmed IPMC" (also good idea) > will know quickly when Mentor is AWOL, pretty much like Board sees > missing PMC Chairs.
I disagree. Everybody gets busy from time to time. But a podling doesn't need 5 mentors. It is also helpful to have three mentors who are on the IPMC since it makes it easier to get a release vote to pass if all 3 mentors are active. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
