On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:39 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12 December 2017 at 13:51, Craig Russell <apache....@gmail.com> > wrote> I'd like to continue the discussion on the project/icla topic. >> >> I've been thinking about the entire process of committer invitations and the >> project/icla just handles the last bit. I'd like to include the whole >> process from discussion to vote to invite. >> >> Discussion: > > There are some occasions where the formal discussion is not really necessary. > e.g. an informal discussion thread arises out of another thread. > It's sometimes really obvious that all that's needed is the vote. > > So I think there needs to be a way to bypass that. > > I suspect there will be pushback if (P)PMCs are forced to have > discussions by Whimsy (unless they become policy).
None of the Whimsy tools started out as the only way to do things; they merely aspired to be the easiest way to correctly do things. - Sam Ruby >> Whimsy allows a PMC/PPMC member to kick off a discussion of a potential >> committer/pmc member. The form has a drop down for committee and entry >> fields for email address and GivenName(s) FamilyName, and text. Clicking >> (submit) sends email to priv...@pmc.apache.org subject: [DISCUSS] Committer >> status for GivenName FamilyName and includes the email address and text that >> the pmc member entered and a link to >> whimsy.apache.org/project/discuss?token=458974235879543789. >> >> Pmc members can add comments from a text box that will be stored and shown >> to others who click the link. >> >> Voting: >> >> Once discussion has died down, the original pmc member can call for a vote >> by filling a vote text box and clicking (vote). This will send email to the >> pmc private list with a link to the discussion (lists.apache.org/xxx) and >> whimsy.apache.org/project/vote?token=458974235879543789. >> >> The first pmc member who clicks the link will see the vote text box and a >> form with: >> >> (0) +1 >> (0) -1 >> (0) +0 >> (0) -0 >> <text box for comments> >> >> Other pmc members who click the link will see all other votes and comments >> and can vote as above. >> >> Clicking (submit) will send email to the pmc private list with all of the >> comments and a link to the same page. >> >> Anyone on the pmc can close the vote by clicking (close vote). This will >> send email with subject [RESULT][VOTE] and an email to board with [NOTICE] >> GivenName FamilyName for <pmc> PMC. >> >> After 72 hours, the pmc member can visit the >> whimsy.apache.org/project/vote?token=458974235879543789 link and click >> (invite). This will then bring up the project/icla form if the candidate >> does not already have an icla on file. If the candidate does already have an >> icla but does not have an apache id, it will bring up the account request >> form. Finally, if the candidate has an apache id, it will bring up the "add >> to project" form. > >> Craig L Russell >> Secretary, Apache Software Foundation >> c...@apache.org http://db.apache.org/jdo >>
