Hi,
> We hope and trust mentors to wear their hats well.
This quote from a colleague of mine has always stuck with me:
"Hope is not a strategy."
Take care,
Marko.
http://markorodriguez.com
>
>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Daniel Gruno <humbed...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Incubator folks,
>>
>> I would like to propose we adopt a mentor neutrality policy for
>> incubating podlings:
>>
>> - A mentor must not be financially tied to the project or its incubation
>> status.
>> - A mentor must not have a vested interest in incubating, graduating or
>> dismantling a podling that goes beyond the general Apache mission
>> - A mentor must not be affiliated with the entity granting the code
>> (company or original project community)
>>
>> Furthermore, I would like to see this extended to votes on graduating or
>> retiring podlings, so that only people with no organizational (aparty
>> from the ASF) or financial ties to the project (or the companies behind
>> it) can cast a binding vote on graduation or retirement.
>>
>> This would essentially mean:
>>
>> - If you work for a company (or are hired as consultant/advisor) that is
>> entering a project into incubation, you cannot mentor it nor vote
>> for/against its incubation, graduation or retirement.
>> - If you are a in the original community behind the project, you cannot
>> mentor it nor vote for/against it.
>>
>> I believe this would create a neutral mentorship whose sole mission is
>> to guide podlings with the interests of the ASF in mind.
>>
>>
>> Please do discuss this. If there is (mostly) positive feedback, I would
>> like to, at some point, have a vote on including this in the Incubator
>> policy. I realize this would cut down on the number of potential
>> mentors, and I would ask that more people step up to the challenge of
>> mentoring if adopted.
>>
>> With regards,
>> Daniel
>>
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