Getting Dan into the IPMC is an easy task for him since he's a member. Unfortunately, the process for adding new mentors to a project is sorely undefined, but I don't see an issue with the process you described below.
John On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:45 AM Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> wrote: > Thank you for your interest, Dan! > > Your long experience with Derby and ASF, not to mention the very > relevant Quarks incubator proposal. would be very welcome by the > Taverna incubator! > > I believe that as an ASF Member you just need to self-nominate to > become a member of the Incubator PMC, and thus can become a mentor. > The IPMC folks can help you with the karma granting so you can join > the incubator SVN group - after which you can add yourself to > > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/projects/taverna.xml > > IPMC folks - is this roughly right? > > > > > On 24 February 2016 at 16:56, ddebrunner <ddebrun...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I might be able to be a mentor, let me check and confirm tomorrow if you > still need mentors by then. > > > > Dan. > > > > > > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device > > > > <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Ian Dunlop < > ian.dun...@manchester.ac.uk> </div><div>Date:2016/02/23 07:59 > (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: general@incubator.apache.org </div><div>Cc: > </div><div>Subject: Re: New mentors for Taverna? </div><div> > > </div>Hello, > > > > It's an exciting phase for Apache Taverna. We are pushing out a new > > release and it is a great time for new mentors to get involved. We are a > > very friendly community. With the new Apache Beam proposal getting > > started and the Apache Taverna integration points with the Common > > Workflow Language initiative it's a great time to move into the workflow > > space. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ian > > > > On 15/02/2016 08:13, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > >> No, we are still hoping for a new mentor.. > >> On 14 Feb 2016 17:13, "John D. Ament" <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > >> > >>> Just wondering, has anyone stepped up to help Taverna? > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >>> On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 6:56 AM Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi all, > >>>> > >>>> I'm one of the "semi-active mentors" of Taverna. In my case, I have a > >>>> new $job, which is related to some Apache communities but not Taverna. > >>>> A new job is a busy time so I'm really not able to properly support > the > >>>> podling at the moment. I wish I could but I also have to be > realistic. > >>>> > >>>> Taverna is (I believe) in good shape. Having done an incubator release > >>>> of part of the codebase, they understand and take the IP issues > >>>> seriously. They have added a person to the PPMC. All-in-all, good > >>>> progress towards graduation and getting more of the codebase out is > the > >>>> next step. > >>>> > >>>> So - please could Taverna have some additional mentors? > >>>> > >>>> Andy > >>>> > >>>> On 01/02/16 14:36, Stian Soiland-Reyes wrote: > >>>>> The majority of the mentors of the Taverna podling have raised > >>>>> concerns that they no longer have sufficient time available to help > >>>>> Taverna in the incubator. > >>>>> > >>>>> In effect we will then have 2 semi-active mentors remaining for > >>>> continuity. > >>>>> > >>>>> This has become a concern because Taverna is picking up speed and > >>>>> moving towards releases of the main code base (our first release was > >>>>> for a more self-contained library), and this means some effort is > >>>>> needed to review and guide us through those releases. > >>>>> > >>>>> We in the Taverna PPMC have already learnt a lot about the Apache > Way, > >>>>> we have done our first release, we had 3 very successful GSOC > >>>>> students, and we have voted in our first new PPMC member. > >>>>> > >>>>> However knowing the effort needed to review a "new" code base for a > >>>>> release, we think it would not be fair on the remaining 2 mentors to > >>>>> take the full burden of responsibility. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Therefore we would like to ask the Incubator PMC if anyone would be > >>>>> interested in becoming an active mentor of Taverna as we enter this > >>>>> exciting phase? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> About Taverna: > >>>>> > >>>>> http://taverna.incubator.apache.org/ > >>>>> > >>>>> Taverna is a domain-independent suite of tools used to design and > >>>>> execute data-driven workflows, which invoke a mixture of local and > >>>>> remote (REST, WSDL) services. Taverna is used by scientists and > >>>>> researchers in domains like bioinformatics, chemistry, musicology, > >>>>> biodiversity and virtual physiology to combine and process data from > >>>>> multiple sources using a wide variety of analytical tools. > >>>>> > >>>>> Taverna workflows can be designed in a graphical workbench, > >>>>> programmatically through the Taverna Language API, or using an > >>>>> RDF/JSON-based workflow format. They can be executed locally (command > >>>>> line, within workbench or through OSGi-based APIs), or on a Taverna > >>>>> server (REST/WSDL), which has been integrated by portals and > >>>>> frontends, including an Android mobile app. Taverna results include > >>>>> full provenance trace of the execution as we strive to support > >>>>> reproducible computational research. > >>>>> > >>>>> This is an exciting time for us, as we are not just releasing version > >>>>> 3 of Taverna, but also working on a Common Workflow Language > >>>>> integration (YaML), including support for coordinating Docker-based > >>>>> command line tools. > >>>>> > >>>>> We rely on a large selection of Apache tools, like Woden, Felix, > Jena, > >>>>> Derby, Tika, Velocity, Commons, HTTP Client and Maven. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > -- > > Ian Dunlop, eScience Lab > > School of Computer Science > > The University of Manchester > > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-3350 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > -- > Stian Soiland-Reyes > Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons RDF (incubating) > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
