I am so tempted to -1 just because I'm in a chaotic mood today. But I'll settle for the knowledge that the mere mention of a -1 will have caused a few groans 😉
Seriously, I'm a strong +1 and hope to help with such a refocus. With that in mind I would note that the original PMC charter was intentionally limited in scope to bringing people into ASF projects. This was to avoid conflict with the Incubator which focused on code. I propose going a step further than simply adopting a new mission statement. We should change the charter to reflect this proposed mission. It currently says: RESOLVED, that the Apache Community Development Project be and hereby is responsible for helping people become involved with Apache projects; and be it further See https://whimsy.apache.org/board/minutes/Community_Development.html -----Original Message----- From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 12:05 PM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: ComDev mission On 10/27/2017 08:43 AM, Shane Curcuru wrote: >> We are, of course, primarily focused on Apache Software Foundation >> projects. However, because we believe that the Apache Way is, in >> fact, the best way to manage a software project, we strive also to >> make these > s/the best way/one of the best ways/ > > We have a great method, but it's not the best of all possible ways for > all communities. I think making the mission a superlative will bring > more flak than it brings value. > I believe it's the best way, but, ok. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
