Re: Mentors - the more, the merrier?

[Niclas Hedhman <ni...@hedhman.org>]

On Thursday 13 July 2006 09:20, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
> Although history documents an unfortunately strong human tendency towards
> delegating to a hierarchical authority, the ASF philosophy is peer-based,
> not hierarchical.  The PMC Chair is a legal requirement, not a community
> one, and a fallback in case of community failure.

I think Noel have a very good argument.
If you can't devote the required effort, tell the others and 'resign'. The 
community will deal with it, if not, then the community aspect is not working 
and incubation stalls, as it should...

Cheers
Niclas

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Re: Mentors - the more, the merrier?

[Justin Erenkrantz <ju...@erenkrantz.com>]

On 7/12/06, Niclas Hedhman <ni...@hedhman.org> wrote:
> If you can't devote the required effort, tell the others and 'resign'. The

One thing our members are *very* *very* good at is overcommiting
themselves.  So, no, seeing a mentor resign due to not being able to
devote the "required" effort is extremely rare.

I will note that the ASF Board has discussed this specific issue with
podlings in the past and the general consensus from the Board was that
a "designated" mentor was a good idea.  (I'll note that I think at
least one Director changed his opinion after the meeting - so the view
is not unanimous.)

I'm +1 for a podling PMC chair as forcing podlings to learn
accountability is a good thing.  -- justin

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