On 4/5/07, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/5/07, Henning Schmiedehausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, > > incubator policy is able to contradict itself on one and the same page: > > http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html > > [...] > Acceptance By Incubator > [...] > * the Mentors, nominated by the Sponsor, who will guide the Candidate > through the Incubation Process. At least one nominated Mentor MUST be a > member of the Apache Software Foundation. > > [...] > > Roles Defined > Mentor > [...] > A Mentor is a role undertaken by a permanent member of the Apache > Software Foundation and is chosen by the Sponsor to actively lead in the > discharge of their duties (listed above). > > [...] > > So what is it? A mentor must be a member or at least one mentor must be > a member? i've always assumed that every mentor needed to be a member but IMHO we should really consider what the rule should be and then vote to amend the policy appropriately.
Same here. I assumed this myself, however I am beginning to think that this does not necessarily need to be the case. For example we have people on the IPMC that are not members and would be excellent mentors or members for that matter. Alex
