Hi Alan, For starters, review these links to see if the ASF is a good fit for Open OnDemand:
* https://incubator.apache.org/ * https://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/ * https://apache.org/theapacheway/ A couple of key points from our experience: * You’ll need to find a champion and mentors from the ASF community. Finding a good champion is key, and you’ll also want a diverse group of mentors. Mentors don’t need to have any direct interest in Open OnDemand. They’ll be coaching you on Apache governance processes for your community, plus they’ll bring diverse (non-university, for example) perspectives. * Read the license agreement links in “Importing the Initial Code” in https://incubator.apache.org/cookbook/ carefully, along with any other legal and licensing documentation. You’ll need this to be reviewed and approved by your university lawyers. If any of the federal funding sources for OOD had an open source licensing requirement, this can really smooth the path (or at least it worked for us). * It’s a tight schedule, but going to ApacheCon North America (https://www.apachecon.com/acna2022/) is a great way to get to know the community and attract some interest from potential champions and mentors. Marlon From: Chalker, Alan <al...@osc.edu> Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 2:13 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org <general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: [External] Process for being part of the Incubator? This message was sent from a non-IU address. Please exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. ------- Hi: I'm hoping this is the correct address to start a discussion about potentially becoming an incubator project? I'm co-PI on the Open OnDemand project (https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fopenondemand.org%2F&data=05%7C01%7Cmarpierc%40iu.edu%7C39b35f5e9f21425ed6e108da9b985435%7C1113be34aed14d00ab4bcdd02510be91%7C0%7C0%7C637993375847698218%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fQEe%2BbOGGVfalCVZuHfAp%2FvraIhE2YqtVJm02UuK1l0%3D&reserved=0), which is an open source project currently in use at nearly 400 research computing centers all over the world. The project has been in development for about a decade now thanks to several NSF grants. We are looking at submitting within the next month another proposal to the NSF's Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) solicitation (https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsf.gov%2Fpubs%2F2022%2Fnsf22572%2Fnsf22572.htm&data=05%7C01%7Cmarpierc%40iu.edu%7C39b35f5e9f21425ed6e108da9b985435%7C1113be34aed14d00ab4bcdd02510be91%7C0%7C0%7C637993375847854431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=v%2FNu6K%2FljHxb5aexxXQjPmT5H%2BgC%2Bu5dXHkOxonKnTo%3D&reserved=0), which is targeted at helping established open-source projects like ours transition into a robust 'ecosystem'. A key element of that is putting in place things like governance, sustainability, and community engagement models. I was made aware of the Apache Incubator because Airavata is one of your projects. While I realize Open OnDemand might fall a bit outside your typical project, what I'm really hoping for is to find some sort of entity that we could utilize a significant portion of the $1.5M available budget from the POSE program as consultants to help with the overall process of transitioning Open OnDemand to a true open source ecosystem, since my colleagues and I have no experience whatsoever in that, nor do we necessarily have sufficient time available to execute such tasks. Is this something you all would be interested in or could provide some guidance on? Thanks. ----------------------- Alan Chalker, Ph.D. al...@osc.edu<mailto:al...@osc.edu> 614-247-8672 My working hours may not be your working hours. Please do not feel obligated to reply outside of your normal working hours.
