Incubator PMC/Board report for April 2011 (rave-dev@incubator.apache.org)

[no...@apache.org]

Dear Rave Developers,

This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache Incubator PMC.
It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your quarterly
board report.

The board meeting is scheduled for  Wed, 20 April 2011, 10 am Pacific. The report 
for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. The Incubator PMC 
requires your report to be submitted one week before the board meeting, to allow 
sufficient time for review.

Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the incubator PMC, and 
subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the very latest you 
should submit your report is one week prior to the board meeting.

Thanks,

The Apache Incubator PMC

Submitting your Report
----------------------

Your report should contain the following:

 * Your project name
 * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of the project
   or necessarily of its field
 * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards 
   graduation.
 * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware of
 * How has the community developed since the last report
 * How has the project developed since the last report.
 
This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at:

  http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2011

Note: This manually populated. You may need to wait a little before this page is
      created from a template.

Mentors
-------
Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on the 
Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are following the 
project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms for the Incubator PMC.

Incubator PMC

Re: Incubator PMC/Board report for April 2011 (rave-dev@incubator.apache.org)

[Ross Gardler <rg...@apache.org>]

So it's time for the first report. We need to submit one of these for 
the first three months. Then we do them quarterly.

It should be written by the community, not by an individual or a mentor. 
In reality someone needs to step up and put their version of the report 
into the wiki (see below) and copy it here. Invite people to make 
changes in the wiki and, when the community is happy ask the mentors to 
sign it off.

You could discuss it here then post it to the wiki but I usually find it 
is more efficient to go straight to wiki and edit there.

Why do projects report to the board?

It is important to understand that the board reports are not a "check" 
on the project. They are an opportunity for the community to raise 
issues at board level if appropriate and to communicate the things the 
project is doing to look after its community. The board is not 
interested in technical issues, it is only interested in community issues.

In the ASF the board assumes the project is technically healthy if the 
community is healthy

Things like:

- releases
- community activity (mailing list health, new committers, unresolveable 
issues)
- future goals for community development

Ross


On 01/04/2011 15:00, no-reply@apache.org wrote:
> Dear Rave Developers,
>
> This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache Incubator PMC.
> It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your quarterly
> board report.
>
> The board meeting is scheduled for  Wed, 20 April 2011, 10 am Pacific. The report
> for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. The Incubator PMC
> requires your report to be submitted one week before the board meeting, to allow
> sufficient time for review.
>
> Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the incubator PMC, and
> subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the very latest you
> should submit your report is one week prior to the board meeting.
>
> Thanks,
>
> The Apache Incubator PMC
>
> Submitting your Report
> ----------------------
>
> Your report should contain the following:
>
>   * Your project name
>   * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of the project
>     or necessarily of its field
>   * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards
>     graduation.
>   * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware of
>   * How has the community developed since the last report
>   * How has the project developed since the last report.
>
> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at:
>
>    http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2011
>
> Note: This manually populated. You may need to wait a little before this page is
>        created from a template.
>
> Mentors
> -------
> Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on the
> Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are following the
> project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms for the Incubator PMC.
>
> Incubator PMC
>


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