Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Costin Manolache <cm...@yahoo.com>]

Ted Husted wrote:
> 
> Right now, the only plan seems to be to nominate committers one-by-one 
> on the PMC list. I'm just saying that we shouldn't play favorites. I 
> believe all Jakarta committers have already earned membership in the 
> PMC; we should tender the offer to every Jakarta committer and let each 
> decision-maker decide for himself or herself.



> If the consensus is that the "bootstrap" PMC will continue to hand-pick 
> which of our duly-elected committers are promoted to the PMC, and which 
> are not, then so be it. But, personally, I think that process is nothing 
> but busy work. The community has already decided. Let's ratify the 
> community's decisions and let Jakarta be whatever Jakarta wants to be.

+1

It seems this is the consensus, to add most committers - one by one or 
ten by ten. Let's go with that for now, almost everyone is agreeing with 
the goal of having everyone who cares included ( I didn't see a vote 
yet, but it seems pretty clear we agree on this ).

I don't like the process of "hand-picking" either - unfortunatly that's 
the norm in ASF ( membership and all other PMCs use the same mechanism).

I hope after we get past the first stage we can have a  [VOTE] and 
change this to people _volunteering_ for PMC - by sending a mail with
"subscribe" subject and the list of sub-projects the person is 
volunteering to monitor.


IMO the only way out of this discussion is to divide the problem into 
very small pieces and have real VOTEs and counting of each of them. 
Proposals with more than 1 "atom" have no chance, and most of the 
problems occur because everyone seems to think he knows what the others 
think without asking.

Please people, write down what you want, separate it in very elementary 
pieces, then post a VOTE and see what the majority things ( it may be 
"consensus" or a simple majority - but at least you'll know what other 
think ).

Like:

1. Extend the PMC:
- to include all committers ( even if the don't want )
- to include all the comitters who want
- to include all who want and prove they understand the rules

2. Future extension of the PMC:
  - hand-picking by current people
  - people volunteering - because we trust them already to write the 
code and do the work, and it's fair to let them join whenver they want.


3. Jakarta and TLPs
  - 'encourage' every subproject to TLP
  - let each subproject decide if they want to leave jakarta- without 
encouragements
  - 'encourage' only subprojects that have problems
  - do a selection based on some characteristic ( like projects that 
"fit" togheter - whatever that means)
  - try to keep jakarta togheter and increase the community ( as 
jakarta-commons did ). If someone really wants to go - of course let him.

4. Is jakarta a good thing ?
  - yes, not perfect but we are improving and working better with other 
jakarta people
  - no, it's just a mess
  - yes, other projects should do what jakarta does !


I hate when people keep talking about "consensus" and argue as if they 
knew what the consensus was, but we don't have even the most elementary 
vote to indicate what a majority thinks.

And BTW - please make sure that the votes explicitely state that all 
_committers_ should vote, but only PMC member votes are binding !!! 
That's why people should volunteer for PMC, however this is about 
jakarta and comitters are what jakarata means.


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Re: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

["Geir Magnusson Jr." <ge...@optonline.net>]

On Jan 14, 2004, at 3:30 PM, Henri Yandell wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
>
>>> I don't understand why anything but the actual vote needs to be in
>> private.
>>> There should probably be a public nomination list with reasons for 
>>> hand
>>> picking (if hand picked) and a public results list
>>
>> If you are nominated and not elected people would know.  Otherwise, 
>> there is
>> privacy.  I do agree that when the results are known they could and 
>> should
>> be published.
>
> Is there any reason for privacy if you are nominated, elected, but 
> choose
> not to accept?

I don't think so.  We want *everyone* to accept.

>
> Or should I go ahead and publish the list of people who are being
> recommended to the board as PMC members [probably a day or so after a
> [RESULT] on the pmc list just in case there are arguments over the
> results].

Yes - once we get the list complete (based on acceptance)...

>
>
> Hen
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RE: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

["Noel J. Bergman" <no...@devtech.com>]

Personally, I would send in the list to the board, get it ACK'd, and then
celebrate the results with a public congratulatory notice.

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RE: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Henri Yandell <ba...@generationjava.com>]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Noel J. Bergman wrote:

> > I don't understand why anything but the actual vote needs to be in
> private.
> > There should probably be a public nomination list with reasons for hand
> > picking (if hand picked) and a public results list
>
> If you are nominated and not elected people would know.  Otherwise, there is
> privacy.  I do agree that when the results are known they could and should
> be published.

Is there any reason for privacy if you are nominated, elected, but choose
not to accept?

Or should I go ahead and publish the list of people who are being
recommended to the board as PMC members [probably a day or so after a
[RESULT] on the pmc list just in case there are arguments over the
results].


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RE: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

["Noel J. Bergman" <no...@devtech.com>]

> I don't understand why anything but the actual vote needs to be in
private.
> There should probably be a public nomination list with reasons for hand
> picking (if hand picked) and a public results list

If you are nominated and not elected people would know.  Otherwise, there is
privacy.  I do agree that when the results are known they could and should
be published.

> Also this process of electing members in batches of 20 or so is time
consuming

The problem is that there are 100s of Commiters, and only a relative handful
of PMC members.  So the PMC members nominated as many people as they knew
from working with.  There are a lot on that list.  Once they are on, I hope
that they will be able to nominate the bulk of the remaining active members.

Time consuming, yes.  Something of an artifact from things getting as out of
hand as they did, so hopefully not something that will need to be repeated.

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Re: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Harish Krishnaswamy <hk...@comcast.net>]

Thanks for the update.

I don't understand why anything but the actual vote needs to be in private. There should probably be 
a public nomination list with reasons for hand picking (if hand picked) and a public results list 
with just a tally, like how JCP does it (http://jcp.org/en/whatsnew/elections). Also this process of 
electing members in batches of 20 or so is time consuming and cumbersome, I think, unless there is a 
valid reason that this list is not aware of.

-Harish


Henri Yandell wrote:

> Currently that doesn't happen. Would be nice if it could, but it just
> doesn't fit.
> 
> When someone wins a vote, they're invited to join. If they accept, which
> they signify by joining the PMC list [the Jakarta Chair moderates it],
> then the Jakarta Chair passes their name onto the board and they're meant
> to get inked into the committers/board/committee-info.txt file when it's
> official.
> 
>>>From the previous batch of 20 or so, there are still 3 people or so who I
> didn't hear back from after two email attempts, and the other 17 [made up
> numbers] are still not in the committee-info file.
> 
> I'm unsure when an announcement to this list would/should happen under the
> process above.
> 
> The only part that is enforced is the board part, so until someone appears
> in committee-info, they're not technically on the PMC. There's a
> /committers/pmc/jakarta/pmc-pending.txt file which shows who is currently
> waiting addition to the committee-info.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Hen
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:
> 
> 
>>Thanks, will results be posted here?
>>
>>-Harish
>>
>>Henri Yandell wrote:
>>
>>
>>>A vote is on-going at the moment [ends Sunday] for 20 or so people, but
>>>I've not heard of any movement on the plans to increase in a more
>>>aggressive way.
>>>
>>>Hen
>>>
>>>On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Anything happening in this regard?
>>>>
>>>>-Harish
>>>>
>>>>Costin Manolache wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Ted Husted wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Right now, the only plan seems to be to nominate committers one-by-one
>>>>>>on the PMC list. I'm just saying that we shouldn't play favorites. I
>>>>>>believe all Jakarta committers have already earned membership in the
>>>>>>PMC; we should tender the offer to every Jakarta committer and let
>>>>>>each decision-maker decide for himself or herself.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>If the consensus is that the "bootstrap" PMC will continue to
>>>>>>hand-pick which of our duly-elected committers are promoted to the
>>>>>>PMC, and which are not, then so be it. But, personally, I think that
>>>>>>process is nothing but busy work. The community has already decided.
>>>>>>Let's ratify the community's decisions and let Jakarta be whatever
>>>>>>Jakarta wants to be.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>+1
>>>>>
>>>>>It seems this is the consensus, to add most committers - one by one or
>>>>>ten by ten. Let's go with that for now, almost everyone is agreeing with
>>>>>the goal of having everyone who cares included ( I didn't see a vote
>>>>>yet, but it seems pretty clear we agree on this ).
>>>>>
>>>>>I don't like the process of "hand-picking" either - unfortunatly that's
>>>>>the norm in ASF ( membership and all other PMCs use the same mechanism).
>>>>>
>>>>>I hope after we get past the first stage we can have a  [VOTE] and
>>>>>change this to people _volunteering_ for PMC - by sending a mail with
>>>>>"subscribe" subject and the list of sub-projects the person is
>>>>>volunteering to monitor.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>IMO the only way out of this discussion is to divide the problem into
>>>>>very small pieces and have real VOTEs and counting of each of them.
>>>>>Proposals with more than 1 "atom" have no chance, and most of the
>>>>>problems occur because everyone seems to think he knows what the others
>>>>>think without asking.
>>>>>
>>>>>Please people, write down what you want, separate it in very elementary
>>>>>pieces, then post a VOTE and see what the majority things ( it may be
>>>>>"consensus" or a simple majority - but at least you'll know what other
>>>>>think ).
>>>>>
>>>>>Like:
>>>>>
>>>>>1. Extend the PMC:
>>>>>- to include all committers ( even if the don't want )
>>>>>- to include all the comitters who want
>>>>>- to include all who want and prove they understand the rules
>>>>>
>>>>>2. Future extension of the PMC:
>>>>>- hand-picking by current people
>>>>>- people volunteering - because we trust them already to write the code
>>>>>and do the work, and it's fair to let them join whenver they want.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>3. Jakarta and TLPs
>>>>>- 'encourage' every subproject to TLP
>>>>>- let each subproject decide if they want to leave jakarta- without
>>>>>encouragements
>>>>>- 'encourage' only subprojects that have problems
>>>>>- do a selection based on some characteristic ( like projects that
>>>>>"fit" togheter - whatever that means)
>>>>>- try to keep jakarta togheter and increase the community ( as
>>>>>jakarta-commons did ). If someone really wants to go - of course let him.
>>>>>
>>>>>4. Is jakarta a good thing ?
>>>>>- yes, not perfect but we are improving and working better with other
>>>>>jakarta people
>>>>>- no, it's just a mess
>>>>>- yes, other projects should do what jakarta does !
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I hate when people keep talking about "consensus" and argue as if they
>>>>>knew what the consensus was, but we don't have even the most elementary
>>>>>vote to indicate what a majority thinks.
>>>>>
>>>>>And BTW - please make sure that the votes explicitely state that all
>>>>>_committers_ should vote, but only PMC member votes are binding !!!
>>>>>That's why people should volunteer for PMC, however this is about
>>>>>jakarta and comitters are what jakarata means.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Costin
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Henri Yandell <ba...@generationjava.com>]

Currently that doesn't happen. Would be nice if it could, but it just
doesn't fit.

When someone wins a vote, they're invited to join. If they accept, which
they signify by joining the PMC list [the Jakarta Chair moderates it],
then the Jakarta Chair passes their name onto the board and they're meant
to get inked into the committers/board/committee-info.txt file when it's
official.

>From the previous batch of 20 or so, there are still 3 people or so who I
didn't hear back from after two email attempts, and the other 17 [made up
numbers] are still not in the committee-info file.

I'm unsure when an announcement to this list would/should happen under the
process above.

The only part that is enforced is the board part, so until someone appears
in committee-info, they're not technically on the PMC. There's a
/committers/pmc/jakarta/pmc-pending.txt file which shows who is currently
waiting addition to the committee-info.

Ideas?

Hen

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:

> Thanks, will results be posted here?
>
> -Harish
>
> Henri Yandell wrote:
>
> > A vote is on-going at the moment [ends Sunday] for 20 or so people, but
> > I've not heard of any movement on the plans to increase in a more
> > aggressive way.
> >
> > Hen
> >
> > On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Anything happening in this regard?
> >>
> >>-Harish
> >>
> >>Costin Manolache wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Ted Husted wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Right now, the only plan seems to be to nominate committers one-by-one
> >>>>on the PMC list. I'm just saying that we shouldn't play favorites. I
> >>>>believe all Jakarta committers have already earned membership in the
> >>>>PMC; we should tender the offer to every Jakarta committer and let
> >>>>each decision-maker decide for himself or herself.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>If the consensus is that the "bootstrap" PMC will continue to
> >>>>hand-pick which of our duly-elected committers are promoted to the
> >>>>PMC, and which are not, then so be it. But, personally, I think that
> >>>>process is nothing but busy work. The community has already decided.
> >>>>Let's ratify the community's decisions and let Jakarta be whatever
> >>>>Jakarta wants to be.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>+1
> >>>
> >>>It seems this is the consensus, to add most committers - one by one or
> >>>ten by ten. Let's go with that for now, almost everyone is agreeing with
> >>>the goal of having everyone who cares included ( I didn't see a vote
> >>>yet, but it seems pretty clear we agree on this ).
> >>>
> >>>I don't like the process of "hand-picking" either - unfortunatly that's
> >>>the norm in ASF ( membership and all other PMCs use the same mechanism).
> >>>
> >>>I hope after we get past the first stage we can have a  [VOTE] and
> >>>change this to people _volunteering_ for PMC - by sending a mail with
> >>>"subscribe" subject and the list of sub-projects the person is
> >>>volunteering to monitor.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>IMO the only way out of this discussion is to divide the problem into
> >>>very small pieces and have real VOTEs and counting of each of them.
> >>>Proposals with more than 1 "atom" have no chance, and most of the
> >>>problems occur because everyone seems to think he knows what the others
> >>>think without asking.
> >>>
> >>>Please people, write down what you want, separate it in very elementary
> >>>pieces, then post a VOTE and see what the majority things ( it may be
> >>>"consensus" or a simple majority - but at least you'll know what other
> >>>think ).
> >>>
> >>>Like:
> >>>
> >>>1. Extend the PMC:
> >>>- to include all committers ( even if the don't want )
> >>>- to include all the comitters who want
> >>>- to include all who want and prove they understand the rules
> >>>
> >>>2. Future extension of the PMC:
> >>> - hand-picking by current people
> >>> - people volunteering - because we trust them already to write the code
> >>>and do the work, and it's fair to let them join whenver they want.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>3. Jakarta and TLPs
> >>> - 'encourage' every subproject to TLP
> >>> - let each subproject decide if they want to leave jakarta- without
> >>>encouragements
> >>> - 'encourage' only subprojects that have problems
> >>> - do a selection based on some characteristic ( like projects that
> >>>"fit" togheter - whatever that means)
> >>> - try to keep jakarta togheter and increase the community ( as
> >>>jakarta-commons did ). If someone really wants to go - of course let him.
> >>>
> >>>4. Is jakarta a good thing ?
> >>> - yes, not perfect but we are improving and working better with other
> >>>jakarta people
> >>> - no, it's just a mess
> >>> - yes, other projects should do what jakarta does !
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I hate when people keep talking about "consensus" and argue as if they
> >>>knew what the consensus was, but we don't have even the most elementary
> >>>vote to indicate what a majority thinks.
> >>>
> >>>And BTW - please make sure that the votes explicitely state that all
> >>>_committers_ should vote, but only PMC member votes are binding !!!
> >>>That's why people should volunteer for PMC, however this is about
> >>>jakarta and comitters are what jakarata means.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Costin
> >>>
> >>>
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Re: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Harish Krishnaswamy <hk...@comcast.net>]

Thanks, will results be posted here?

-Harish

Henri Yandell wrote:

> A vote is on-going at the moment [ends Sunday] for 20 or so people, but
> I've not heard of any movement on the plans to increase in a more
> aggressive way.
> 
> Hen
> 
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:
> 
> 
>>Anything happening in this regard?
>>
>>-Harish
>>
>>Costin Manolache wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Ted Husted wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Right now, the only plan seems to be to nominate committers one-by-one
>>>>on the PMC list. I'm just saying that we shouldn't play favorites. I
>>>>believe all Jakarta committers have already earned membership in the
>>>>PMC; we should tender the offer to every Jakarta committer and let
>>>>each decision-maker decide for himself or herself.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>If the consensus is that the "bootstrap" PMC will continue to
>>>>hand-pick which of our duly-elected committers are promoted to the
>>>>PMC, and which are not, then so be it. But, personally, I think that
>>>>process is nothing but busy work. The community has already decided.
>>>>Let's ratify the community's decisions and let Jakarta be whatever
>>>>Jakarta wants to be.
>>>
>>>
>>>+1
>>>
>>>It seems this is the consensus, to add most committers - one by one or
>>>ten by ten. Let's go with that for now, almost everyone is agreeing with
>>>the goal of having everyone who cares included ( I didn't see a vote
>>>yet, but it seems pretty clear we agree on this ).
>>>
>>>I don't like the process of "hand-picking" either - unfortunatly that's
>>>the norm in ASF ( membership and all other PMCs use the same mechanism).
>>>
>>>I hope after we get past the first stage we can have a  [VOTE] and
>>>change this to people _volunteering_ for PMC - by sending a mail with
>>>"subscribe" subject and the list of sub-projects the person is
>>>volunteering to monitor.
>>>
>>>
>>>IMO the only way out of this discussion is to divide the problem into
>>>very small pieces and have real VOTEs and counting of each of them.
>>>Proposals with more than 1 "atom" have no chance, and most of the
>>>problems occur because everyone seems to think he knows what the others
>>>think without asking.
>>>
>>>Please people, write down what you want, separate it in very elementary
>>>pieces, then post a VOTE and see what the majority things ( it may be
>>>"consensus" or a simple majority - but at least you'll know what other
>>>think ).
>>>
>>>Like:
>>>
>>>1. Extend the PMC:
>>>- to include all committers ( even if the don't want )
>>>- to include all the comitters who want
>>>- to include all who want and prove they understand the rules
>>>
>>>2. Future extension of the PMC:
>>> - hand-picking by current people
>>> - people volunteering - because we trust them already to write the code
>>>and do the work, and it's fair to let them join whenver they want.
>>>
>>>
>>>3. Jakarta and TLPs
>>> - 'encourage' every subproject to TLP
>>> - let each subproject decide if they want to leave jakarta- without
>>>encouragements
>>> - 'encourage' only subprojects that have problems
>>> - do a selection based on some characteristic ( like projects that
>>>"fit" togheter - whatever that means)
>>> - try to keep jakarta togheter and increase the community ( as
>>>jakarta-commons did ). If someone really wants to go - of course let him.
>>>
>>>4. Is jakarta a good thing ?
>>> - yes, not perfect but we are improving and working better with other
>>>jakarta people
>>> - no, it's just a mess
>>> - yes, other projects should do what jakarta does !
>>>
>>>
>>>I hate when people keep talking about "consensus" and argue as if they
>>>knew what the consensus was, but we don't have even the most elementary
>>>vote to indicate what a majority thinks.
>>>
>>>And BTW - please make sure that the votes explicitely state that all
>>>_committers_ should vote, but only PMC member votes are binding !!!
>>>That's why people should volunteer for PMC, however this is about
>>>jakarta and comitters are what jakarata means.
>>>
>>>
>>>Costin
>>>
>>>
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Re: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Henri Yandell <ba...@generationjava.com>]

A vote is on-going at the moment [ends Sunday] for 20 or so people, but
I've not heard of any movement on the plans to increase in a more
aggressive way.

Hen

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:

> Anything happening in this regard?
>
> -Harish
>
> Costin Manolache wrote:
>
> > Ted Husted wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Right now, the only plan seems to be to nominate committers one-by-one
> >> on the PMC list. I'm just saying that we shouldn't play favorites. I
> >> believe all Jakarta committers have already earned membership in the
> >> PMC; we should tender the offer to every Jakarta committer and let
> >> each decision-maker decide for himself or herself.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> If the consensus is that the "bootstrap" PMC will continue to
> >> hand-pick which of our duly-elected committers are promoted to the
> >> PMC, and which are not, then so be it. But, personally, I think that
> >> process is nothing but busy work. The community has already decided.
> >> Let's ratify the community's decisions and let Jakarta be whatever
> >> Jakarta wants to be.
> >
> >
> > +1
> >
> > It seems this is the consensus, to add most committers - one by one or
> > ten by ten. Let's go with that for now, almost everyone is agreeing with
> > the goal of having everyone who cares included ( I didn't see a vote
> > yet, but it seems pretty clear we agree on this ).
> >
> > I don't like the process of "hand-picking" either - unfortunatly that's
> > the norm in ASF ( membership and all other PMCs use the same mechanism).
> >
> > I hope after we get past the first stage we can have a  [VOTE] and
> > change this to people _volunteering_ for PMC - by sending a mail with
> > "subscribe" subject and the list of sub-projects the person is
> > volunteering to monitor.
> >
> >
> > IMO the only way out of this discussion is to divide the problem into
> > very small pieces and have real VOTEs and counting of each of them.
> > Proposals with more than 1 "atom" have no chance, and most of the
> > problems occur because everyone seems to think he knows what the others
> > think without asking.
> >
> > Please people, write down what you want, separate it in very elementary
> > pieces, then post a VOTE and see what the majority things ( it may be
> > "consensus" or a simple majority - but at least you'll know what other
> > think ).
> >
> > Like:
> >
> > 1. Extend the PMC:
> > - to include all committers ( even if the don't want )
> > - to include all the comitters who want
> > - to include all who want and prove they understand the rules
> >
> > 2. Future extension of the PMC:
> >  - hand-picking by current people
> >  - people volunteering - because we trust them already to write the code
> > and do the work, and it's fair to let them join whenver they want.
> >
> >
> > 3. Jakarta and TLPs
> >  - 'encourage' every subproject to TLP
> >  - let each subproject decide if they want to leave jakarta- without
> > encouragements
> >  - 'encourage' only subprojects that have problems
> >  - do a selection based on some characteristic ( like projects that
> > "fit" togheter - whatever that means)
> >  - try to keep jakarta togheter and increase the community ( as
> > jakarta-commons did ). If someone really wants to go - of course let him.
> >
> > 4. Is jakarta a good thing ?
> >  - yes, not perfect but we are improving and working better with other
> > jakarta people
> >  - no, it's just a mess
> >  - yes, other projects should do what jakarta does !
> >
> >
> > I hate when people keep talking about "consensus" and argue as if they
> > knew what the consensus was, but we don't have even the most elementary
> > vote to indicate what a majority thinks.
> >
> > And BTW - please make sure that the votes explicitely state that all
> > _committers_ should vote, but only PMC member votes are binding !!!
> > That's why people should volunteer for PMC, however this is about
> > jakarta and comitters are what jakarata means.
> >
> >
> > Costin
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Extending the PMC ( was: Re: [PROPOSAL] Proactively encourage TLP status)

[Harish Krishnaswamy <hk...@comcast.net>]

Anything happening in this regard?

-Harish

Costin Manolache wrote:

> Ted Husted wrote:
> 
>>
>> Right now, the only plan seems to be to nominate committers one-by-one 
>> on the PMC list. I'm just saying that we shouldn't play favorites. I 
>> believe all Jakarta committers have already earned membership in the 
>> PMC; we should tender the offer to every Jakarta committer and let 
>> each decision-maker decide for himself or herself.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> If the consensus is that the "bootstrap" PMC will continue to 
>> hand-pick which of our duly-elected committers are promoted to the 
>> PMC, and which are not, then so be it. But, personally, I think that 
>> process is nothing but busy work. The community has already decided. 
>> Let's ratify the community's decisions and let Jakarta be whatever 
>> Jakarta wants to be.
> 
> 
> +1
> 
> It seems this is the consensus, to add most committers - one by one or 
> ten by ten. Let's go with that for now, almost everyone is agreeing with 
> the goal of having everyone who cares included ( I didn't see a vote 
> yet, but it seems pretty clear we agree on this ).
> 
> I don't like the process of "hand-picking" either - unfortunatly that's 
> the norm in ASF ( membership and all other PMCs use the same mechanism).
> 
> I hope after we get past the first stage we can have a  [VOTE] and 
> change this to people _volunteering_ for PMC - by sending a mail with
> "subscribe" subject and the list of sub-projects the person is 
> volunteering to monitor.
> 
> 
> IMO the only way out of this discussion is to divide the problem into 
> very small pieces and have real VOTEs and counting of each of them. 
> Proposals with more than 1 "atom" have no chance, and most of the 
> problems occur because everyone seems to think he knows what the others 
> think without asking.
> 
> Please people, write down what you want, separate it in very elementary 
> pieces, then post a VOTE and see what the majority things ( it may be 
> "consensus" or a simple majority - but at least you'll know what other 
> think ).
> 
> Like:
> 
> 1. Extend the PMC:
> - to include all committers ( even if the don't want )
> - to include all the comitters who want
> - to include all who want and prove they understand the rules
> 
> 2. Future extension of the PMC:
>  - hand-picking by current people
>  - people volunteering - because we trust them already to write the code 
> and do the work, and it's fair to let them join whenver they want.
> 
> 
> 3. Jakarta and TLPs
>  - 'encourage' every subproject to TLP
>  - let each subproject decide if they want to leave jakarta- without 
> encouragements
>  - 'encourage' only subprojects that have problems
>  - do a selection based on some characteristic ( like projects that 
> "fit" togheter - whatever that means)
>  - try to keep jakarta togheter and increase the community ( as 
> jakarta-commons did ). If someone really wants to go - of course let him.
> 
> 4. Is jakarta a good thing ?
>  - yes, not perfect but we are improving and working better with other 
> jakarta people
>  - no, it's just a mess
>  - yes, other projects should do what jakarta does !
> 
> 
> I hate when people keep talking about "consensus" and argue as if they 
> knew what the consensus was, but we don't have even the most elementary 
> vote to indicate what a majority thinks.
> 
> And BTW - please make sure that the votes explicitely state that all 
> _committers_ should vote, but only PMC member votes are binding !!! 
> That's why people should volunteer for PMC, however this is about 
> jakarta and comitters are what jakarata means.
> 
> 
> Costin
> 
> 
> 
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