Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Indika Kumara
+1 (non-binding) ~ Indika On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter the incubator as a standard podling under

Re: [DISCUSS] Accept Stratos as an Apache Incubation Project

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
I should have said I don't like the idea of the board receiving reports for podlings that need assistance. It already does. Its not the reporting that's a problem, its the support that's needed in a small number of cases. I'll expand on that in Chris' thread. I'll note that in this thread I

Re: [DISCUSS] Accept Stratos as an Apache Incubation Project

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
That first sentence still doesn't parse, sorry ... I should have said I don't like the idea of the board taking responsibility. I have no problem with it receiving reports directly. Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 07:55, Ross Gardler

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Paul Fremantle
+1 (binding) Paul On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Indika Kumara indika.k...@gmail.comwrote: +1 (non-binding) ~ Indika On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Lakmal Warusawithana
+1 (non-binding) thanks On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Paul Fremantle pzf...@gmail.com wrote: +1 (binding) Paul On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Indika Kumara indika.k...@gmail.com wrote: +1 (non-binding) ~ Indika On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ross Gardler

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Ate Douma
On Jun 14, 2013 11:50 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation policy. The

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Nandana Mihindukulasooriya
On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation policy. The

Re: [DISCUSS] Merits of pTLP idea

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
On 14 June 2013 18:11, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: 2. It's harder to discharge a pTLP rather than a podling Jim, Ross: It's going to be harder to pick up the pieces if pTLPs are unsuccessful, than it would be for a podling. I think that is a

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
I proposed this a year or so ago. It was fairly soundly rejected for a number of reasons, the two I recall (because I felt they had significant merit) were: a) adds additional hierarchy b) impossible to decide where a project best fits These two things together give the potential for silos. I

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Sebastien Goasguen
+1 (non-binding) -Sebastien On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Nandana Mihindukulasooriya nandana@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Thilina Gunarathne
+1 (non-binding) thanks, Thilina On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Sebastien Goasguen run...@gmail.comwrote: +1 (non-binding) -Sebastien On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Nandana Mihindukulasooriya nandana@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Shane Curcuru
On 6/14/2013 8:25 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: ... Do we really want jakarta@i.a.o or hadoop@i.a.o? ... ROTFLOL! But the Jakarta project was so fun! - Shane - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Chip Childers
+1 On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler wrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation policy. The acceptance or

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Upayavira
I think there's merit in the idea of multiple, smaller incubators, so long as it is set up in a way that doesn't involve prospective podlings playing the incubators against each other. Smaller groups, with smaller membership, gives the chance of a greater sense of ownership and identification,

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
I'm with Alan on our penchant to solve people problems with reorganization.  We lack tangible means of measuring and recognizing that actual oversight is happening in these podlings.  And by that I mean that somebody is actually following along as the project develops and providing them with

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
+1 binding Regards, Alan On Jun 14, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter the incubator as a standard podling under the

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote: I think there's merit in the idea of multiple, smaller incubators, so long as it is set up in a way that doesn't involve prospective podlings playing the incubators against each other. Can you provide detail on what you mean by

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
What we really need for podlings is a bill of rights towards what they can expect of their mentors, because too few of them actually are willing to question the participation of the people who signed up to mentor them and that's not helping anybody. From: Alan

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Jun 14, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: I.e. while the IPMC or ComDev or whoever would still set policy and provide community best practice guidance. But then separate mailing lists/groups would provide actual oversight of podlings (incoming, mentoring,

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: What we really need for podlings is a bill of rights towards what they can expect of their mentors, because too few of them actually are willing to question the participation of the people who signed up to mentor them

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
Brother, you hit the nail on the head. I am so there :) Regards, Alan On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: I'll let it stew for a coupla days before I start charging in, but yeah something along these lines will surely address the palpable feeling

[PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
Problem: we seem to have unclear and conflicting ideas as to what the areas of improvement are for the Incubator. Cause: we have no concrete, anonymized, information on what the podlings' experiences were during incubation. Solution: require all podlings to submit anonymous exit interviews as

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Lahiru Gunathilake
+1 (non-binding) Regards Lahiru On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter the incubator as a standard podling

Re: [DISCUSS] Merits of pTLP idea

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
Hey Ross, Thanks for taking the time to reply. Mine are inline below: -Original Message- From: Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Date: Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:50 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org

Re: [DISCUSS] Accept Stratos as an Apache Incubation Project

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
The Board is always the responsible party, but in the sense that you mean responsibility in finding a fix, then I fully agree. IMO, if a pTLP gets into the weeds, then the Board will just say fix yourself within six months, or we dismantle you. Cheers, -g On Jun 15, 2013 2:58 AM, Ross Gardler

Re: [Incubator Wiki] Update of PodlingBillOfRights by JoeSchaefer

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
Ok Alan I'm done hacking on the page for now. Have at it folks, if you so choose. From: Apache Wiki wikidi...@apache.org To: Apache Wiki wikidi...@apache.org Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:52 PM Subject: [Incubator Wiki] Update of PodlingBillOfRights by

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 16:53, Alan Cabrera a...@toolazydogs.com wrote: Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and sometimes mentors are

Re: [PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
I'm not keen on this one. I don't like surveys and I don't like mandatory activities for volunteers. However, a pro-active invitation to feedback on experiences at any time during incubation or shortly after would be good. Even better would be recruiting more valuable people from podlings as

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 16:04, Alan Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote: I think there's merit in the idea of multiple, smaller incubators, so long as it is set up in a

Re: [PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
Agreed on the undesirability of making survey participation mandatory. On the wiki page in question I framed it as a right that surveys are available fwiw. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I'm not keen on this one. I don't like

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
This is a suggestion that has come up in the past, and the typical counter-argument is that this is something the chair needs to provide themselves. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Sent from a mobile device, please excuse

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
+1, the chair is already the Ombudsman. Or should be at least. No need for duplication and more overhead (and confusion). ++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
+1 binding. Cheers, Chris ++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW:

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Alan Cabrera a...@toolazydogs.com wrote: Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and sometimes mentors are the problem. Solution: we create an elected

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
FWIW I support the proposal, just pointing out why this idea hasn't gained traction over the years. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 2:48 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: +1, the chair is already the Ombudsman. Or should be at least. No need for

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Alan Cabrera a...@toolazydogs.com wrote: Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and sometimes mentors are the problem. Solution: we create an elected

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
Marvin, That change was agreed in the discuss thread. I failed to look to see if it had been made before I called the vote. My bad. Ross Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 19:56, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: -0, because the proposal

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread David Nalley
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: What we really need for podlings is a bill of rights towards what they can expect of their mentors, because too few of them actually are willing to question the participation of the people who signed up to mentor

Re: Change of Chair

2013-06-15 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 6/13/13 11:03 PM, Benson Margulies a écrit : Incubator community, I have tendered my resignation as VP, Incubator. The PMC has recommend Marvin Humphrey as my successor in a motion submitted to the Foundation board for consideration at the meeting next week. We have had 3 very good

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
Marvin my apologies - I didn't get a chance to do it immediately and then because I don't have edit rights currently I asked Azeez to edit that sentence in but that was a few days later .. As Ross said that's what I sent via email before and in any case its a positive thing for the proposal.

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
Not your bad. An obvious change based on discussion. IMO, I say Marvin is being overly pedantic. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Marvin, That change was agreed in the discuss thread. I failed to look to see if it had been made before I called

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
Please don't apologize for a change that is proper and Right. In fact, when you look at the *actual* change, it is awesome. It is a clear benefit for the podling and project, and a demonstration of WSO2's generosity around the trademarks that it has worked to build. There should not be a need to