On 21 November 2011 13:23, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com> wrote: > +1 on redefining the Champion role as described in this thread > (without assuming existing Champions will be happy with this new > responsibility - if a mentor is not willing to take on the role then > the podling has a problem.
Seems to me that the Champion ought to be prepared to take this role. >From Roles and Responsibilities [1]: The Champion is expected to: ... * drive the process of incubation forwards which finally leads to an acceptance vote We also don't always document the Champion - it is on the initial proposal, but only some status pages seem to include the information. Perhaps we should require it in podlings.xml? [1] http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Champion > Ross > > On 21 November 2011 13:19, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Christian Grobmeier >> <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>... in the past I have already doubt the sense of a "champion". Now with >>> this new role it would make more sense to me. Therefore I would like >>> the idea that the Champion should have this role. >>> >>> But I think there must be a chance to change the Champion hat once the >>> project has started incubation.... >> >> Agreed, it's just the champion's role to do that, but the person in >> charge can change, and does not necessarily need to be a mentor. As >> said here, choosing one of the podling PPMC members can be a good >> "training" for them to act as PMC chair later on. >> >> -Bertrand >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> > > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
