Part of the apache way is to recognize all contributions. That's why I wrote "active participant of the project ... and generally engaging with the community"
The key part is requiring active participation as a community member. That is "vested interest in the project itself" rather than simply saying "sure I'd like to see more projects at the ASF" Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Rich Bowen<mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com> Sent: 12/29/2014 6:13 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Incubator report sign-off On 12/19/2014 02:00 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: > Strawman: > > What if a mentor is *required* to be an active participant of the project. > That is contributing code, voting on releases and generally engaging with the > community, they would be a better mentor since they have a vested interest in > the project itself. Sure, we might reduce the number of projects coming into > the foundation but (IMHO) that is not a problem. Our goal as a foundation is > not to be large, it is to be high quality. > The role of the Mentor is to coach the project into the Apache philosophy, not to guide the technical progress of the project. Requiring that they contribute code eliminates almost anyone that could participate on *most* of the projects that have come to the ASF in recent years, because almost all of them have been composed primarily of "outsiders". Is that seen as a problem? --Rich -- Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
