On Feb 1, 2008 6:00 AM, William A. Rowe, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig L Russell wrote: > > Hi Matt, > > > > I don't see a conflict for incubating projects when members assume > > multiple roles, including Champion, Mentor, and Committer. If a Champion > > is not a Mentor or Committer, then it's pure altruism.
(or you're a serial shiny, shiny open source startup junky ;-) > There's only one conflict, and the 'voting' thread hints at this. > > If you are one of *many* initial committers, but throw your IPMC vote > around, you win no respect and undermine community. +1 > But as only *one* of many committers, and treating your vote as equal > to each of your fellow committers, you can balance this fairly. +1 > Just be sure to call out when you are throwing out an IPMC vote on the > wisdom of essential ASF process and policy, vs. when your vote is simply > a PPMC vote on one of many ways of doing things technically or process > wise. And there's no real issue if you do this fairly. ensuring that you appear to act fairly can prevent you acting as you otherwise would. it's much harder to have a good design ding-dong unless everyone is an equal peer. if you're a committer and a mentor then you're going to have to be willing to step back and listen. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
