Yeah I get that, but I'm wondering what sort of power we'd impart to the position besides information gathering. It might make an interesting complementary position to the chair that's more directly focused on the Incubator as it presents itself to podlings, which is something we recently discussed in relation to the recent chair vote.
----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 1:36 PM > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman > > > On Jun 15, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Joseph Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> This is a suggestion that has come up in the past, and the typical > counter-argument is that this is something the chair needs to provide > themselves. >> >> Sent from my iPhone > > The usual reason for an ombudsman is to have a safe third party to bring up > issues up privately. Podling members may feel too intimidated to complain to > mentors/IPMC chairs to complain. Maybe the complaint may be an absentee, or > problem, mentor or chair. One never knows. > > > Regards, > Alan > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
