Well its a little confusing to expect anyone other than a mentor to shepherd a project- the corresponding "shepherd" at the TLP level is a board member responsible for interfacing between the board and the project on any action items post-board-meeting.
I suggest we get back to figuring out exactly what problem we are trying to solve before we start looking for appropriate labels to attach to the role(s) we need. ----- Original Message ----- > From: sebb <seb...@gmail.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 1:49 PM > Subject: Re: should podlings have informal chairs? > > On 21 November 2011 18:22, Scott Deboy <scott.de...@gmail.com> wrote: >> What about getting rid of the word 'champion'? Seems like there > are two >> roles: the Member(s) which backed the proposal to enter the incubator, and >> a Coordinator. > > I think Champion is a good name, especially for the pre-podling phase. > > Seems to me it often takes more than a mere Coordinator to ensure that > the proposal reaches the vote to accept a podling. > > For the current issue - ensuring podlings don't get lost on the way to > graduation - maybe a "shepherd" is needed. > > But I still think the original Champion could be tasked with the role. > If they were keep enough to act as Champion to ensure that the project > was accepted as a podling, one would hope they would be keen to ensure > that the podling eventually graduates. > >> Scott >> >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Ross Gardler > <rgard...@opendirective.com>wrote: >> >>> On 21 November 2011 16:47, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >>> > Personally I am against the idea of picking a chair >>> > for a podling early. >>> >>> That's not the proposal, although it was suggested and I believe >>> rejected (for reasons similar to the ones you gave), at least I've > not >>> seen any support for it. >>> >>> The proposal is as the subject says "an informal chair". The > name >>> seems to have moved to champion in order to avoid any impression of >>> leadership. >>> >>> The responsibilities would be to the Incubator PMC to ensure that the >>> project is progressing rather than struggling with busy elsewhere or >>> inactive mentors. >>> >>> Does your concern extend to this role? >>> >>> Ross >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >>> >>> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
