Hi,
I am working on a project proposal where a sub-project of an existing
Apache project supposed to move to a separated Apache top level project.
(the current proposal is drafting at [1], but we already had a similar
move, which is already done [2])
The new project requires new PMC and we already started to discuss how
it should be defined.
One of the existing PMC members suggested to include people from
"end-user" companies. It's a new project, and there are are people, who
are interested about the project, follow and help design discussions,
sometimes help with the test, frequently call-in to the weekly community
calls....
They may help the adoption and seems to be important to represent them
in the project governance even if they have no code contributions.
During the original discussions these (proposed) members called as "user
seat" members, and I started to think about a "D&I" seat.
I think it's would be great to have somebody in the PMC:
1. Who can monitor D&I related processes/actions/events (and anomalies)
2. Who can add suggestions to make the project more open
3. Who an propose participation in "D&I" related programs
4. Who can help to resolve D&I relaed debates/arguments (if there are
any).
5. Have a slightly external view of the project (can report unnoticed
problems)
6. And have existing Apache related connections (1-5. supposed to be
done with the Apache Way)
In my thinking this PMC member would follow the private mailing list,
ignore all the technical content (!), but step up in case of any
problems. (Other idea: contact to this member can be shared on project
pages).
Finally the question:
Is there any body here who
1. like this idea
2. would be happy to try this experiment and join to the PMC of the
new project?
+bonus question: what is your opinion about this approach
Note: this idea is not yet accepted/voted by other PMCs, but discussed
offline with 1-2 of them. I would like to start with proposing a name
(more names can help). And there is a low chance that this method will
be rejected by others. (Here I represent myself, not the project)
Thanks a lot,
Marton
[1]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Ozone+Hadoop+subproject+to+Apache+TLP+proposal
[2]
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Submarine+Project+Spin-Off+to+TLP+Proposal
