On 8/4/06, Cliff Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Of course everyone should make their own minds about this after a careful reading of the threads (and may see things differently), but.... I wouldn't have agreed to champion the proposal if I had the sense there was not a commitment to create an open/transparent/meritocratic community around the project;
I'm certainly not going to argue with Cliff on this point, I'm sure he has seen that commitment and thus can say that's what the people bringing this proposal to us want to do, but personally, I don't have that sort of insight into the situation at hand, I haven't had the sort of interaction with the people involved that Cliff has, so all I can base my opinion on is what's happened on this mailing list. In any event, any questions I have about intentions regarding forming open, meritocratic communities are only being raised because of the relationship they have with the ability of new contributors to participate in driving this specification. The issues are interconnected.
nor would I, as a mentor, ever allow any project to move through incubation without actively working to create such a community.
I have no doubt that this is the case, and if I said anything that implies otherwise I'm sorry. I have a great deal of faith in Cliff as a mentor, and I trust him to do the right thing with regard to building communities at the ASF. -garrett --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
