On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:08 AM, David Crossley <cross...@apache.org> wrote: > Joe Schaefer wrote: >> Here are some of the things that guide me in my decision- >> making about governance and Apache communities. Please >> feel to add you own thoughts on the subject! >> >> 1) Fairness and Equitable Treatment- that it is wrong to apply >> different standards to different people based solely on their >> (external) accrued status. >> >> 2) Tolerance- that we respect the diversity of opinion without >> the need for tit-for-tat arguments about who is "right". >> >> 3) Fun- that the nature of participation here is personally >> satisfying and not onerous. >> >> 4) Consistency- that we don't apply different standards to >> different people based on whatever hot topic is currently being >> debated. >> >> 5) Competence- that we entrust people who are most familiar with >> the work being performed to exercise their oversight and judgement >> about the codebase. >> >> 6) Empowerment- that people who show sustained levels of competence >> and oversight capabilities are rewarded with higher levels of >> organizational responsibility. >> >> [more later] > > Good stuff. > > For ages i have wanted to add a page somewhere that explains > very clearly "principles and constraints" for the ASF. > Alas little time and none now.
It's funny you use 'constraints', I did a little thought experiment[1] with an analogy comparing system constraints->system properties to organizational constraints->desired properties a while back. As I mentioned there, I'm sure the analogy breaks down somewhere but it'd sure be nice to have some framework to agree on our desired organizational/cultural properties, then reason about what real constraints are in place and how/why they evoke those desired properties. I forget what motivated me then, I think it was a round of debate over some phantom constraints/rules/policy. --tim [1] - http://williamstw.blogspot.com/2010/05/architecture-of-governance-structures.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
