On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:07 PM Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi - > > On Apr 2, 2018, at 11:23 AM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > On 01/04/18 21:26, Dave Fisher wrote: > >> > >>> On Apr 1, 2018, at 1:15 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org > >>> <mailto:a...@shanecurcuru.org>> wrote: > >>> > >>> Jim Jagielski wrote on 4/1/18 10:19 AM: > >>>> Would it be possible to generate a short list of all current > >>>> mentors for all current podlings to see how many podlings > >>>> each mentor is signed up for? That would be a good metric > >>>> to know. > >>> > >>> Presuming podlings.xml is kept updated: > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/podlings.xml > >>> > >>> That now sorts by @status first, so current podlings are on top. > That's > >>> separate from whimsy cross-checks of what's listed in board reports and > >>> actual signoffs. > >> > >> The clutch runs periodically and > >> generates > https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/content/clutch/clutchm.ent > >> > >> This file has each mentor listed. There are duplicates lines when people > >> have variations on their names in the date in podlings.xml. Probably > >> there needs to be a fix to use username attribute and not the mentor > >> value in the clutch.py program. > >> > >> I can see people in the list who probably don’t even think they are a > >> mentor to a podling. > >> > >> Should we send a note to all mentors recorded asking if they are still > >> engaged? > > > > That seems like a sensible first step to me. I suggest asking for > > explicit confirmation that they wish to continue as a mentor. That > > should hopefully give us a better picture of how things currently stand. > > I have extracted a list of mentors, emails, and podlings as an ODS file. > Attached: > > > There are 101 mentors currently on the roster. > 52 have 1 podling > 24 have 2 podlings > 17 have 3 podlings > 3 have 4 podlings > 2 have 5 podlings > 2 have 7 podlings > 1 has 8 podlings > > The next step would be to discuss the email to send. > Agreed. Anyone want to take a stab at the email text? > > Regards, > Dave >