I will offer a theory in response to Hoss. The incubator has a particular and critical role in the success of the Foundations. Projects that start well are likelier to continue well.
>From this, you might argue along with Hoss that the Board, burned once by problems with delegated supervision, should not try it again. However, there are some differences: o the IPMC is almost entirely Foundation members. (I confess that, on some days, reading members@ leaves me feeling that this is awfully weak.) o the Board is specifically and intentionally delegating this supervision, and will be in a position to monitor whether it works. o there's a category error here: from a structural standpoint, the entire incubator is One Project, so there's no (formal, legal) delegation going on. On the other hand, I've already written about my qualms about >100 people self-organizing to accomplish anything in a completely flat structure. If this proposal goes into place, we've got, what, 20-30 of these monitor (lizards). Who's monitoring them? Still, I think this is a better plan that the current situation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
