>-----Original Message----- >From: Ross Gardler [mailto:rgard...@opendirective.com] >Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 8:09 AM >To: general@incubator.apache.org >Subject: Re: Shepherds for podling reports > >On 2 May 2012 12:50, Franklin, Matthew B. <mfrank...@mitre.org> wrote: >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Ross Gardler [mailto:rgard...@opendirective.com] > >... > >>>Looking a little further forward i.e. not suggesting this initial >>>small step should be transformed into a larger step but rather looking >>>at what the next small step might be... >>> >>>I'd like to revisit the idea of grouping projects, e.g. big data, >>>content, semantic, social etc. I imagine that people willing to be >>>Shepherds will also have specific areas of interest. I imagine that >>>shepherds would get more value from their time, and projects would get >>>more cross-community feedback, if try to match shepherds to projects. >>>For example, as a mentor on Wookie I'm interested in the progress of, >>>and potential for collaboration with, Wave. My interest isn't >>>sufficiently strong for me to dive into the dev list, but I'd >>>certainly be willing to help the IPMC and myself by Shepherding that >>>projects reports periodically. >> >> The only (small) issue with bucketing podlings is what do we do when one >fits in more than one category? I think the idea would be useful in general, >so >long as we clearly define the rules for cross-cutting projects (ie they exist >in >both, they choose one, etc) >> > >I don't imagine the "bucketing" to be enshrined in written process, or >even be fixed. More of a convenience. We might do it by, for example, >asking Shepherds to identify the projects they would *prefer* to >shepherd and why. To continue my example above I might say "I have an >interest in any social related podling so I would prefer to shepherd >Wave which is one such project I'm not a mentor on". Someone else >might say "I'm really interested in communications protocols and so I >will shepherd Wave".
Fair enough. I think that makes a lot of sense then. > >I'm not suggesting formality, just a semblance of structure. I think >the best way to proceed is to get out list of shepherds, do a couple >of months and then discuss whether this proposed next step will add >anything to the process. My goal is to have more cross-community >awareness in the incubator projects as I've observed that those >projects that have someone actively seeking relationships tend to >build critical mass sooner. My proposed approach is only one thing >that might help in this regard. > >Ross > >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
