Just a reminder to get your report posted today. Rob, are you comfortable with signing off? It seems that you're not listed as a mentor, but if you are in fact a mentor it should be a quick fix to podlings.xml.
John On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:09 PM Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 31 Aug 15, at 21:25, Ian C <i...@amham.net> wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > it is very quiet but not dead. We need to inject some life into it > somehow. > > Open to all suggestions. > > > > Thanks for doing the report Stian. > > Indeed, thanks. Sad to see that mortuary calls induce faint > stirrings—hopefully not of the zombie sort. > > But the lack of developmental activity I think points to the difficulty of > presenting the ODF Toolkit as exciting in the absence of a strong business > driver. > > This situation makes me wonder if at the next ODF Plugfest, an event that > draws several engaged (and mostly European) public (and some private) > groups to see what sort of interest remains there for something like the > Toolkit. > > -louis > > > > On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> Rob Weir is the only "active" mentor here. > >> > >> Sam, Nick and Yegor have not been involved for several years. I have > not looked at ODF toolkit in a year. There has never been much on list > activity. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Dave > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Aug 31, 2015, at 3:24 PM, John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Stian, > >>> > >>> Regarding your below issue w/ mentor sign off, are the current mentors > >>> engaged? Would it help to recruit new mentors to support the project? > It > >>> looks like Rob Weir is also a mentor. Are there other IPMC members on > the > >>> project? > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 6:18 PM Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Below I've taken the liberty to draft a report for ODF Toolkit (but > >>>> didn't save it in the Incubator wiki). You might notice it looks very > >>>> similar to the August2015 report; we got bounced from last month due > >>>> to lack of Mentor signoff. > >>>> > >>>> I've added an edgy comment about encouraging community engagement > >>>> beyond Jira - feel free to remove. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Sam/Nick/Yegor - would you be able to sign the report this month? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -------------------- > >>>> ODF Toolkit > >>>> > >>>> Java modules that allow programmatic creation, scanning and > manipulation of > >>>> OpenDocument Format (ISO/IEC 26300 == ODF) documents > >>>> > >>>> ODF Toolkit has been incubating since 2011-08-01. > >>>> > >>>> Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > >>>> > >>>> 1. Grow the community > >>>> 2. Generate additional releases > >>>> 3. Encourage community engagement beyond Jira > >>>> > >>>> Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > >>>> aware of? > >>>> > >>>> Lack of mentor sign-off on August 2015 report. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> How has the community developed since the last report? > >>>> > >>>> Received+applied patches from new contributor. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> How has the project developed since the last report? > >>>> > >>>> Most activity via Jira (12 active issues since May 2015) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Date of last release: > >>>> > >>>> 2014-06-02 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> When were the last committers or PMC members elected? > >>>> > >>>> 2012-10-29 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Signed-off-by: > >>>> > >>>> [ ](odftoolkit) Sam Ruby > >>>> [ ](odftoolkit) Nick Burch > >>>> [ ](odftoolkit) Yegor Kozlov > >>>> > >>>> Shepherd/Mentor notes: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -------------------- > >>>> > >>>>> On 31 August 2015 at 15:15, Marvin <no-re...@apache.org> 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, 16 September 2015, 10:30 am > PST. > >>>> 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, Sep 2nd). > >>>>> > >>>>> 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. > >>>>> > >>>>> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/September2015 > >>>>> > >>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Stian Soiland-Reyes > >>>> Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating) > >>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > >>>> > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > > > Ian C > >
