Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
Please don't apologize for a change that is proper and Right. In fact, when you look at the *actual* change, it is awesome. It is a clear benefit for the podling and project, and a demonstration of WSO2's generosity around the trademarks that it has worked to build. There should not be a need to a

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
Not "your bad". An obvious change based on discussion. IMO, I say "Marvin is being overly pedantic." On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 4:06 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > Marvin, > > That change was agreed in the discuss thread. I failed to look to see if it > had been made before I called the vote. My bad. >

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
Marvin my apologies - I didn't get a chance to do it immediately and then because I don't have edit rights currently I asked Azeez to edit that sentence in but that was a few days later .. As Ross said that's what I sent via email before and in any case its a positive thing for the proposal. Howe

Re: Change of Chair

2013-06-15 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
Le 6/13/13 11:03 PM, Benson Margulies a écrit : > Incubator community, > > I have tendered my resignation as VP, Incubator. The PMC has recommend > Marvin Humphrey as my successor in a motion submitted to the > Foundation board for consideration at the meeting next week. We have had 3 very good cha

[VOTE] Release Apache Wave 0.4 based on RC3

2013-06-15 Thread Ali Lown
The Wave community has voted on and approved the proposal to release Apache Wave 0.4 (incubating) based on RC3. This will be the initial incubator release for Wave. The proposal for release can be found at: https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-wave-dev/201306.mbox/%3ccabrgrvd6n5_ll

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread David Nalley
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > What we really need for podlings is a "bill of > rights" towards what they can expect of their > mentors, because too few of them actually are > willing to question the participation of the > people who signed up to mentor them and that's > n

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
Marvin, That change was agreed in the discuss thread. I failed to look to see if it had been made before I called the vote. My bad. Ross Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 19:56, "Marvin Humphrey" wrote: > -0, because the proposal was not frozen and ha

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
This argument reminds me of the current debate in Congress about whether or not military sex offense reporting should remain within the chain of command. Proponents argue that it's hard to hold commanders accountable if they aren't empowered to act; adversaries say victims are afraid to report w

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: > Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. > > Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and > sometimes mentors are the problem. > > Solution: we create an elected Incubator Ombudsman.

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
FWIW I support the proposal, just pointing out why this idea hasn't gained traction over the years. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 2:48 PM, "Mattmann, Chris A (398J)" wrote: > +1, the chair is already the Ombudsman. Or should be at least. > No need for duplication and more overhead (

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Alan Cabrera wrote: > > Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. > > Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and > sometimes mentors are the problem. > > Solution: we create an elected Incubator Ombudsma

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Marvin Humphrey
-0, because the proposal was not frozen and has been edited since the VOTE started. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/StratosProposal?action=diff&rev1=46&rev2=47 Marvin Humphrey On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos pro

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
+1 binding. Cheers, Chris ++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~matt

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
+1, the chair is already the Ombudsman. Or should be at least. No need for duplication and more overhead (and confusion). ++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office:

Re: [PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
+1, I'm with Ross. I'm not keen on mandatory anything but the minimal necessity to keep the ship and the foundation rolling. However, knowing Alan, maybe the tools will simply be set up and available to those that want to use them. Joe put as much in his start at the Bill of Rights. Cheers, Chris

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
This is a suggestion that has come up in the past, and the typical counter-argument is that this is something the chair needs to provide themselves. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity > On 15 Jun

Re: [PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Joseph Schaefer
Agreed on the undesirability of making survey participation mandatory. On the wiki page in question I framed it as a right that surveys are available fwiw. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 15, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I'm not keen on this one. I don't like surveys and I don't like ma

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 16:53, "Alan Cabrera" wrote: > > > Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. > > Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and sometimes mentors are the problem. >

Re: [PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
I'm not keen on this one. I don't like surveys and I don't like mandatory activities for volunteers. However, a pro-active invitation to feedback on experiences at any time during incubation or shortly after would be good. Even better would be recruiting more valuable people from podlings as mento

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 15 Jun 2013 16:04, "Alan Cabrera" wrote: > > On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Upayavira wrote: > > > I think there's merit in the idea of multiple, smaller incubators, so > > long as it is set up in a way that doesn't involve prosp

Re: [Incubator Wiki] Update of "PodlingBillOfRights" by JoeSchaefer

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
Ok Alan I'm done hacking on the page for now. Have at it folks, if you so choose. > > From: Apache Wiki >To: Apache Wiki >Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:52 PM >Subject: [Incubator Wiki] Update of "PodlingBillOfRights" by JoeSchaefer > > >Dear Wiki user, > >Y

Re: [DISCUSS] Accept Stratos as an Apache Incubation Project

2013-06-15 Thread Greg Stein
The Board is always the responsible party, but in the sense that you mean "responsibility in finding a fix", then I fully agree. IMO, if a pTLP gets into the weeds, then the Board will just say "fix yourself within six months, or we dismantle you". Cheers, -g On Jun 15, 2013 2:58 AM, "Ross Gardle

Re: [DISCUSS] Merits of pTLP idea

2013-06-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
Hey Ross, Thanks for taking the time to reply. Mine are inline below: -Original Message- From: Ross Gardler Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" Date: Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:50 AM To: "general@incubator.apache.org" Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Merits of pTLP idea >On 14 June 2013 18

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Lahiru Gunathilake
+1 (non-binding) Regards Lahiru On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incub

[PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
Problem: podlings are confused on where to go when there's a problem. Cause: we seem to collect/handle/organize problems in an ad hoc manner and sometimes mentors are the problem. Solution: we create an elected Incubator Ombudsman. Regards, Alan ---

[PROPOSAL] Mandatory podling exit interviews

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
Problem: we seem to have unclear and conflicting ideas as to what the areas of improvement are for the Incubator. Cause: we have no concrete, anonymized, information on what the podlings' experiences were during incubation. Solution: require all podlings to submit anonymous exit interviews as

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
Brother, you hit the nail on the head. I am so there :) Regards, Alan On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:34 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > I'll let it stew for a coupla days before > I start charging in, but yeah something > along these lines will surely address the > palpable feeling of disempowerment

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
I'll let it stew for a coupla days before I start charging in, but yeah something along these lines will surely address the palpable feeling of disempowerment we too often dish out. > > From: Alan Cabrera >To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer >Sent: S

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Jun 15, 2013, at 8:08 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > What we really need for podlings is a "bill of > rights" towards what they can expect of their > mentors, because too few of them actually are > willing to question the participation of the > people who signed up to mentor them and that's > not h

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Jun 14, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Shane Curcuru wrote: > I.e. while the IPMC or ComDev or whoever would still set policy and provide > community best practice guidance. But then separate mailing lists/groups > would provide actual oversight of podlings (incoming, mentoring, graduating). > These

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
What we really need for podlings is a "bill of rights" towards what they can expect of their mentors, because too few of them actually are willing to question the participation of the people who signed up to mentor them and that's not helping anybody. > > From: Al

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
On Jun 15, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Upayavira wrote: > I think there's merit in the idea of multiple, smaller incubators, so > long as it is set up in a way that doesn't involve prospective podlings > playing the incubators against each other. Can you provide detail on what you mean by "prospective po

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Alan Cabrera
+1 binding Regards, Alan On Jun 14, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation > p

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
I'm with Alan on our penchant to solve people problems with reorganization.  We lack tangible means of measuring and recognizing that actual oversight is happening in these podlings.  And by that I mean that somebody is actually following along as the project develops and providing them with requis

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Upayavira
I think there's merit in the idea of multiple, smaller incubators, so long as it is set up in a way that doesn't involve prospective podlings playing the incubators against each other. Smaller groups, with smaller membership, gives the chance of a greater sense of ownership and identification, whi

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Chip Childers
+1 On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler wrote: > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation > policy. The acceptance or othe

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Shane Curcuru
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Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Thilina Gunarathne
+1 (non-binding) thanks, Thilina On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Sebastien Goasguen wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > -Sebastien > > On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Nandana Mihindukulasooriya < > nandana@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler > wrote: > >> I would like to

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Sebastien Goasguen
+1 (non-binding) -Sebastien On Jun 15, 2013, at 6:31 AM, Nandana Mihindukulasooriya wrote: > On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler wrote: >> I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. >> >> I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter >>

Re: Incubator reorg ideas: sub-groups per technology?

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
I proposed this a year or so ago. It was fairly soundly rejected for a number of reasons, the two I recall (because I felt they had significant merit) were: a) adds additional hierarchy b) impossible to decide where a project best fits These two things together give the potential for silos. I do

Re: [DISCUSS] Merits of pTLP idea

2013-06-15 Thread Ross Gardler
On 14 June 2013 18:11, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) wrote: > 2. It's harder to discharge a pTLP rather than a podling > > Jim, Ross: It's going to be harder to pick up the pieces if pTLPs are > unsuccessful, than > it would be for a podling. I think that is a misrepresentation of what has been said.

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Nandana Mihindukulasooriya
On Friday, June 14, 2013, Ross Gardler wrote: > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation > policy. The acceptance or otherwis

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Ate Douma
On Jun 14, 2013 11:50 PM, "Ross Gardler" wrote: > > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation > policy. The acceptance or othe

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Lakmal Warusawithana
+1 (non-binding) thanks On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Paul Fremantle wrote: > +1 (binding) > > Paul > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Indika Kumara >wrote: > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > ~ Indika > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ross Gardler < > rgard...@opendirective.com

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-15 Thread Paul Fremantle
+1 (binding) Paul On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Indika Kumara wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > > ~ Indika > > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Ross Gardler >wrote: > > > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the