On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 12:18 AM, AKEHURST David <david.akehu...@uk.thalesgroup.com> wrote: > Can one of us get on the IPMC and then be mentor for the project ?
That's not out of the question. It doesn't happen very often, but not because the path is particularly arduous -- it's that the IPMC tends to take notice of people who are helping out podlings other than their own or helping out in the Incubator at large, and not many people seem to do that while their podlings are still in incubation. Now, you have got a ringer in there -- Brett Porter is a member of the IPMC already. But Brett is also the current Chair of the ASF Board of Directors. It's great that you have someone so experienced taking part as a contributor, but Brett can't carry NPanday. We already have a pretty good idea about Brett; what remains to be seen is what the rest of you are capable of. To get NPanday towards graduation, several of its community members will have to acquire sufficient expertise in the loose collection of knowledge we call the "Apache Way". This is the same curriculum that IPMC members need to know, just more thoroughly. Here's a post with some tips on picking it up: <http://s.apache.org/A5K>. This is a great opportunity for people to step in and become primary maintainers for an Apache project -- which is excellent experience, both practically and in terms of your professional reputation. Creating a useful software product and getting it into the Incubator is no mean feat, and that's all taken care of already. Marvin Humphrey --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
