Re: Healthcare Open Source Technology Request

2016-10-13 Thread Ted Dunning
Kate, To add a bit to what Bertrand says, it is likely that there is a bit of a gulf between what Apache expects new communities to be and do and what you might come up with from first principles or raw expectations. That said, your suggested projects could be really valuable and they might very

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Shane Curcuru
Luciano Resende wrote on 10/13/16 9:20 PM: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > >> On Oct 13, 2016 12:26, "Daniel Gruno" wrote: >>> >>> Top-posting because yay ponies! >>> We've elected people committers in HTTPd solely due to them helping out >>> on IRC. There is no rule that

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Luciano Resende
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: > On Oct 13, 2016 12:26, "Daniel Gruno" wrote: > > > > Top-posting because yay ponies! > > We've elected people committers in HTTPd solely due to them helping out > > on IRC. There is no rule that says you must write anything down in a > > f

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Rich Bowen
On Oct 13, 2016 12:26, "Daniel Gruno" wrote: > > Top-posting because yay ponies! > We've elected people committers in HTTPd solely due to them helping out > on IRC. There is no rule that says you must write anything down in a > file (code or documentation or otherwise) to become a committer :)

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Greg Chase
As a frequent non-code contributor to several projects, having people like us as PMC (or PPMC) members seems to do the trick. That being said, there can be ways we can contribute in a binary form, such as adding to HTML, blogs, and updating calendars. -Greg On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Danie

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Daniel Gruno
Top-posting because yay ponies! We've elected people committers in HTTPd solely due to them helping out on IRC. There is no rule that says you must write anything down in a file (code or documentation or otherwise) to become a committer :) Any contribution can count towards merit. With regard

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Ian Dunlop
Hello, I second Bertrand. Just elect them as committers. Whether it is code, documentation or answering questions, everything is a "commitment" and of equal value. That's the way we see it in Apache Taverna. Cheers, Ian On 13/10/16 15:48, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Oct 13, 201

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi, On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 3:50 PM, A. Soroka wrote: > ...1) Just elect these folks as committers with the understanding that anyone > responsible enough > to be at the heart of the community will presumably not do anything rash with > committer privileges, > and anyway, version control is the

Re: recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread Ross Gardler
My preferred approach is option 1. If you document the role of "committee" as "someone who is committed to the project" then this works well. --- Twitter: @rgardler From: A. Soroka Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2016 6:50:50 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject:

recognizing valuable non-code contributions

2016-10-13 Thread A. Soroka
Hello, community-builders! I (ajs6f) am writing from Apache Jena. We've been tossing around a question that would certainly benefit from the wisdom and experience on this list. We have inside the community around Jena persons who have done really good work for the project in such ways as answer

Re: Healthcare Open Source Technology Request

2016-10-13 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Kate, On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Kate ONeill wrote: > ...Is it possible to connect with one of your champions or mentors to > help me in the process?... Many potential champions and mentors are reading this list, the best way to raise their attention might be to give some more informati

Healthcare Open Source Technology Request

2016-10-13 Thread Kate ONeill
Dear Apache Community I am interested in developing open source software platform for healthcare and need some assistance on the project for consideration in your Incubator hub. My goal is to build open source mobile solutions for doctors and nurses to provider real-time resources to reduce p