On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
> > Please have that incorporated in the Roles and Responsibilities page ( > > http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html) > > The shepherd institution is slowly tailing away as fewer and fewer > shepherds participate. I don't see this as a bad thing, as the > crucial functionality of the shepherds -- making sure podlings in > trouble don't slip through the cracks -- is now achieved by requiring > Mentor signoff and by putting podlings who don't report into "monthly" > reporting. It's the Report Manager and the Chair who take care of > that. > > Rather than shunt volunteer energy towards shepherds, it would be nice > if we had more Report Managers. True enough. But I still use shepherd report a good bit. I will request some volunteer time of our recent joiners.