I'd like to continue the discussion on the project/icla topic. I've been thinking about the entire process of committer invitations and the project/icla just handles the last bit. I'd like to include the whole process from discussion to vote to invite.
Discussion: Whimsy allows a PMC/PPMC member to kick off a discussion of a potential committer/pmc member. The form has a drop down for committee and entry fields for email address and GivenName(s) FamilyName, and text. Clicking (submit) sends email to [email protected] subject: [DISCUSS] Committer status for GivenName FamilyName and includes the email address and text that the pmc member entered and a link to whimsy.apache.org/project/discuss?token=458974235879543789. Pmc members can add comments from a text box that will be stored and shown to others who click the link. Voting: Once discussion has died down, the original pmc member can call for a vote by filling a vote text box and clicking (vote). This will send email to the pmc private list with a link to the discussion (lists.apache.org/xxx) and whimsy.apache.org/project/vote?token=458974235879543789. The first pmc member who clicks the link will see the vote text box and a form with: (0) +1 (0) -1 (0) +0 (0) -0 <text box for comments> Other pmc members who click the link will see all other votes and comments and can vote as above. Clicking (submit) will send email to the pmc private list with all of the comments and a link to the same page. Anyone on the pmc can close the vote by clicking (close vote). This will send email with subject [RESULT][VOTE] and an email to board with [NOTICE] GivenName FamilyName for <pmc> PMC. After 72 hours, the pmc member can visit the whimsy.apache.org/project/vote?token=458974235879543789 link and click (invite). This will then bring up the project/icla form if the candidate does not already have an icla on file. If the candidate does already have an icla but does not have an apache id, it will bring up the account request form. Finally, if the candidate has an apache id, it will bring up the "add to project" form. Craig L Russell Secretary, Apache Software Foundation [email protected] http://db.apache.org/jdo
