On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me ask the question in reverse: how long do you think that we should > leave the door open, no questions asked? Why? >
I was thinking September 15th. If we have not heard at all from someone it may be an indication that they are traveling, on holiday, and don't have access to email. August is a big vacation month. So I'd wait for that to pass. We should also consider the possibility that someone is not responding for other reasons than vacations. Maybe we have the wrong email address? Or they are confused by our notes due to language differences? > Remember, Initial Committers are grandfathered in as committers and members > of the PPMC without being here and demonstrating commitment through their > contributions. It is not even a matter of them being voted in based on > existing reputation. (I'm one of those myself.) > Commitment starts with showing up. I don't have problems with withdrawing a committer invitation of someone who never shows up, provided we have given them ample opportunity. > At some point, one wants to be complete with intake of initial committers and > working toward a full-fledged meritocracy instead. I suspect it is possible > that the PPMC will also shrink if those who are already on it do not > eventually demonstrate a commitment that would have qualified them in the > ordinary way. > I'd do that on an entirely different timescale. We have committers with a range of skills and interests, and some of these will require a full product cycle to show themselves. For example, a UI designer will be more active at the design stage, a QA person once we have a build, a coder once we have source code, etc. > At what point does holding out that special status to those who have not > shown up become a point too far. In this case, we are talking about folks > who have not submitted an iCLA and not responded to requests to submit them > and, as far as I know, have not appeared on ooo-dev. Even if we withdraw the > Initial Committer invitations at some point, there is no barrier to becoming > a contributor and demonstrating commitment to the project. It's not fatal. > Right. > I propose to ask each of these absent Initial Committers whether they intend > to submit an iCLA and how much time they want to do that. It is a simple > request. There are any number of possible responses. I assume we will deal > with the responses on an individual basis. If they do not intend to submit > an iCLA, it would be useful to know, so we don't have to be expecting them, > watching for the iCLA to arrive, etc. > Good idea. Another source of delay, in addition to vacations, is corporate legal review, for those who need to go through it. For contributors who jobs are transitioning, this may have additional complexities. I think we should be flexible in such cases. > My goal is having them show up. And if they are not going to show up, I > would like to know that. Then we can tell when we have a full roster of > Initial Committers that are ready and willing as they signaled they were. > > - Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolf Halton [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 20:32 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: RE: [DISCUSS] <Initial Committer>: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial > Committer Status > > What is the technical or social stressor causing this issue to be framed in > this time-sensitive language? > Wolf > > On Jul 22, 2011 4:40 PM, "Dennis E. Hamilton" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I did not include a time limit, because we had not agreed on one. Instead, > I made the request to indicate whether they intended to submit an iCLA and > how much time they would need (for whatever review reasons or other > determinations involved). >> >> These Initial Committers were already sent a bulk e-mail on June 23. >> >> Why would we not expect the Initial Committers who signed up by June 10 to > report whether they intend to actually become committers? It is about their > commitment, it seems to me. And they always have the opportunity to become > committers by showing up and contributing, the same as for anyone who is not > an Initial Committer. >> >> My thought was to wait 15-30 days after we approach all of them > individually and then send a follow-up to ones who have not responded at all > indicating that the invitation to become committers and PPMC members is > being withdrawn. (Assuming we decide to do that and set such a date.) >> >> I would make the changes that Stephen Bergmann recommended. >> >> More feedback and discussion, please. >> >> - Dennis >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Juan C. Sanz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:28 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] <Initial Committer>: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial > Committer Status >> >> El 22/07/2011 5:10, Dennis E. Hamilton escribió: >>> There are 20 Initial Committers on the OpenOffice.org incubator proposal > who have not yet submitted iCLAs or informed us of their intention not to do > so. >>> >>> Today I used the following format for a message to one of those Initial > Committers. >>> >>> Before 19 more of these are sent out I wanted to check how understandable > this is. >>> >>> I am particularly concerned for how clear this is for those who are not > native English speakers. >>> >>> I welcome your advice. >>> >>> - Dennis >>> >>> *** specimen message *** >>> >>> From:<PPMC member> >>> Sent:<today> >>> To:<Initial Committer lacking iCLA so far> >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject:<Initial Committer Name>: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial Committer > Status >>> >>> Hello<Initial Committer Name>, >>> >>> You are listed as an Initial Committer on the proposal for the Apache > OpenOffice.org incubator project. >>> >>> The incubator project was accepted by Apache on 2011-06-13. >>> >>> As an Initial Committer you are invited to be established as a committer > on the Apache OpenOffice.org incubator podling. You are also invited to > serve on the Podling Project Management Committee after you are established > as a committer. >>> >>> The prerequisite to becoming established as a committer is to register an > iCLA agreement with Apache. >>> >>> Our records indicate that no iCLA has been received from you. >>> >>> If you do not choose to submit an iCLA, please report your decision to< > [email protected]>. We will then know not wait for it. >>> >>> If you are submitting an iCLA, please report your decision to > [email protected] and indicate how much time you need before > the iCLA will be sent to Apache. >>> >>> For more information and iCLA/CCLA forms, go to< > http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas>. Complete instructions for submission > of an iCLA is at the top of the form (text or PDF). >>> >>> We welcome your contribution to the Apache OpenOffice.org incubator > project. >>> >>> - the Apache OpenOffice.org incubator Podling Project Management > Committee (PPMC) >>> >>> *** end of specimen message *** >>> >> I think it's understundandable. But, what is the next step? how long do >> we wait for the user id? >> Regards. >> Juan C. Sanz >> > >
