Re: Board report

[Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org>]

FYI: The report has now been submitted to the board, 2 days ahead of
the May 10th EOB deadline.

Thanks especially to Ed Cable for contributing content.

Best Regards,
Myrle


On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Myrle Krantz <my...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hello Fineract community,
>
> Up until now, we have reported to the Incubator, and the Incubator has
> reported to the ASF Board for us.  Now that we are graduated we report
> directly to the ASF Board.  As chair of the PMC, it is my job to make
> sure that we submit that report.  I am not the project community
> though, and it is up to the committers to make sure the contents of
> the report reflect the true state of our project.
>
> The ASF Board meets on Wed. May 17th, and the deadline for submitting
> our report is Wed May 10th.  The reason the deadline is well before
> the meeting is because board members review, digest, and, if
> necessary, ask questions in the week before the board meeting.  With
> over 300 projects reporting on a quarterly basis, board members have a
> lot of material to cover.  In addition, I may need some extra time
> navigating the report submission process, since this is the first time
> I'll be doing it.
>
> We want to continue to be one of the projects which are
> well-organized, so let's add some buffer to that May 10th deadline to
> make sure we have enough time to discuss and consider our own report
> before the deadline.  My suggestion would be that we aim to get the
> report done by Friday May 5th.
>
> So:
> * Go to https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/2017-05+May+Report.
> * Add what you think should be reported.  If your thoughts are
> incomplete, don't hesitate to add them anyways with a note that they
> require expanding.
> * This first pass is a five minute task, so do it right now.
> * I'll send out another reminder on Wed, May 3rd.
>
> Best Regards,
> Myrle Krantz
> V.P, Apache Fineract