Chris J. Davis wrote: > We need to take a vote, one that is open to the community. If the > outcome of that vote is to move forward with incubation then we need > to write a proposal thingy as outlined in the How link that skippy > provided. > > Once we have the proposal ready we submit it to the ASF and wait for > them to approve us. > > So, I will call the vote. Since this is an extremely important > decision in the life of our community I would suggest a 36 hour window > for voting. As with all votes the only binding votes are those of the > PMC, but all community members are encouraged to vote so that we (the > PMC) can know how you feel. Knowing this will help us make an informed > decision. > > Do I have +1's from the PMC for opening the vote? > > On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Chris Meller wrote: > >> So we all seem to be generally in favor of incubation and unsure of >> the potential value of an LLC... Where do we go from here? >> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Scott Merrill <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Chris Meller >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I didn't much follow the LLC discussion, but what value would that >> in itself >>> provide? It's not as if the LLC would have a bank account filled >> with monies >>> to pull from, so someone (or multiple someones) would still end up >> paying >>> for things, even if they were under the "umbrella" of the LLC. >> In theory, if someone were to approach Habari saying "You stole all >> the code from proprietary Secret Project X", we would have a hard time >> defending ourselves. An LLC would, in theory, be able to better retain >> legal counsel and execute a defense. >> >> I'm sure there are other benefits, but the above is what I've >> understood to be one of the biggest. >> >>> Can someone review the conditions / qualifications / etc. for ASF >> incubation >>> again, so we're all clear on what would be required? >> How: >> http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html >> >> Who: >> http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html >> >> When: >> http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Process_Description.html >> >> Entry Guides: >> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/index.html >> >> I'm generally agreeable to the idea of incubation. Some small pain in >> transition and learning new tools would be a fair trade in exchange >> for being relieved of infrastructure responsibility, improved >> marketing capacity, and an increased sense of legitimacy in the eyes >> of the general public. >> >> >> >> >
I seem to recall that one of the concerns raised previously was with the release cycle rules for an incubator project. In light of A) the current time span between releases as is, and B) the loose consensus that we didn't handle the 0.6 one as cleanly as we'd like; I think those issues are minor. I'm willing to +1 opening a general vote, with the observation that, as this is a major change, I don't feel that 36 hours is sufficient. I'd like to see at least 72 hours, and preferably a full week so that everyone involved has time to do a little more research and raise any final questions. For some people, the work week doesn't offer sufficient time for this, so spanning a weekend would be favorable in my opinion. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
