I just saw this - https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/beyond-the-hardware-hub-how-alc-taipei-turned-computex-2026-into-a-milestone-for-the-apache-way - and we should add that to the report!
> On Jul 29, 2026, at 8:26 AM, Rich Bowen <[email protected]> wrote: > > DRAFT board report included below. Please provide comments/edits. We aim to > file the report on August 12th or before. Thanks. > > > > > # Apache Community Development — Board Report, August 2026 > > ## Description: > > The mission of Community Development is the creation and maintenance of > resources, tools, and advice to help ASF Projects grow and retain their > project communities. > > ## Project Status: > > Current project status: Ongoing with high activity > Issues for the board: None > > ## Membership Data: > > Apache Community Development was founded 2009-10-31 (17 years ago) > > There are currently 54 committers and 44 PMC members in this project. > > Community changes, past quarter: > > - No new PMC members. Last addition was Jarek Potiuk on 2026-05-01. > - No new committers. Last addition was Jarek Potiuk on 2026-05-03. > > ## Project Activity: > > ### "Thinking Bigger" Initiative > > A series of strategic discussions on dev@ titled "Community development > — thinking bigger" proposed that ComDev operate more like a department > that actively invests in project health and sustainability, rather than > relying solely on zero-cost volunteer > efforts. This generated multiple follow-on threads covering three > proposed work streams: > > 1. **Project Metrics & Health Dashboard** — A prototype project health > dashboard (comdev-metrics) was published, covering git/SVN activity, > mailing list traffic, community growth, and release cadence across all > ASF projects. Discussion on dev@ explored making this an official > ComDev service, potentially hosted at projects.apache.org/metrics. > > 2. **Project Ambassadors** — A proposal to identify de-facto community > managers/organizers within each ASF project and bring them together > as Project Ambassadors for cross-project > collaboration, shared resources, and regular office hours. > > 3. **Project Health & Outreach** — Early warning systems for at-risk > projects, proactive outreach, and new contributor workshops in > partnership with universities. > > ### Google Summer of Code > > GSoC 2026 continues. The GSOC JIRA project received its first GSoC 2027 > proposal (Maven 4 build-aware dependency tracking from Romain > Manni-Bucau), indicating early preparation for the next cycle. The > dev@ list fielded GSoC participation inquiries from prospective students. > > ### PonyMail MCP Server > > Active development continued on the PonyMail MCP (Model Context Protocol) > server hosted in the comdev repository. Jarek Potiuk contributed API > token authentication with scopes (#312), dark-mode UI fixes, and various > improvements. Updates were merged for hono and body-parser. > > ### Events Site (events.apache.org) > > The events site saw contributions including a hackathon poster and > PR activity around calendar preview features. > > ### Website > > Monthly community activity blog posts continued to be published on > community.apache.org. The website continues to serve as the primary > resource for new contributor guidance and project best practices. > > ## Community Health: > > The dev@ mailing list saw 91 messages across 37 threads in June–July > 2026, with contributions from 15+ unique individuals. This represents > sustained high activity compared to prior quarters. > > The commits@ list recorded 194 messages, reflecting active automated > infrastructure (reporter.apache.org release tracking, projects.apache.org > metadata updates) as well as human commits to the website and comdev > repositories. > > The project continues to attract contributors interested in tooling and > developer infrastructure. > > ## Releases: > > Community Development is a non-releasing project. Its output is > services, tools, and documentation rather than versioned software > releases. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
