On Dec 2, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > By 'organic mentor', I mean a PPMC member who, while not an ASF > member, has shown the necessary engagement and understanding to > qualify as an IPMC member, and thus mentor and release voter. > > PPMC members who are also active in TLP communities are obvious > candidates. We have, as well, inducted some people even if the PPMC is > their first involvement at the ASF. > > I would ask all mentors, but especially mentors who are having trouble > finding the time to be as engaged as they might like, to seek out and > nominate PPMC members for membership in the IPMC. > > As a PMC, we will be want to much more than a rubber stamp, > particularly in the second case. However, this is one of our best > avenues to improve mentor coverage of projects > > In the next few months, I intend to send other messages focussed on > podlings that have symptoms of mentor-deprivation, but I thought this > might be a low-stress start.
Great idea. May I suggest that this list of organic mentors be collected on private? Regards, Alan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
