I am in favor of a longer timeline, but not one so absurd that it would destroy the sense of immediacy and importance this subject should have. So, a week is great. 2 months? Not really :)
On Apr 15, 2009, at 4:30 PM, Sean T Evans wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
