Hi Benson, + 1 for this time line, it really helps to have shepherds a day or two. I am sorry I couldn't get my shepherd reports in this time with post-holiday catchup and sickness.
I do not want to add too much to the process, but want to understand the buffer between shepherd comments and your consolidated summary to the board. Working backwards: * Friday (before the board meeting week) VP IPMC submits the consolidated report to the board. * Shepherds review the mentor signed off reports and other activity and add comments - Tentatively Due by ? * Podling's draft the report and mentors sign off by Wednesday (a week before the board meets). I do think we have to leave it to each podling how they work through the reporting process, but having a suggested timeline and workflow at [1] might help the new podlings understand how the report funnels to the board. Something like... PPMC drafts the reports in the dev list -> Mentors iterate any comments and sign off -> Shepherds review and provide any kudos external advice/comments -> IPMC chair compiles the report with a over all summary (with an appendix of all podling reports) -> Added to the board agenda -> Board members shepherd through the IPMC report -> (feedback follows back?) It might be also helpful to explain in the same document, once the project graduates how the process cuts short into ...TLP PMC chair drafts the report (with feedback from PMC) -> Added to the board agenda -> Board members shepherd the PMC report -> feedback is sent to PMC private list Cheers, Suresh [1] - http://incubator.apache.org/guides/ppmc.html On Jan 13, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > This time around, the timing was as follows: > > Wed 09-01-2013: Deadline for podling reports > > Friday 11-01-2013: Practical board deadline > > Wed 16-01-2013: Board meeting > > In other words, we had a two day window for shepherds to digest > reports, then go dig around to fill in their picture. > > Now, maybe things were unusually bad because of folks out for the new > year until 07-01-2013. But, still, I feel as if we don't have enough > time to react to reports (or the lack of reports) before we need to > have the board report in place. > > What do people think of making the podling reporting deadline be a > full week before the board's deadline? The board wants a weekend to > review reports before they meet; I'd like a weekend for us to review > reports before we need to get them delivered to the board. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
