[Incubator] Follow Up on PyCSW Application: Community Requirements?

[Cameron Shorter]

Landon,
Thanks for pushing this motion through. To facilitate a decision, I 
propose a motion:

Motion: That PyCSW is showing a lot of early promise toward becoming an 
OSGeo project, but before officially moving into OSGeo Incubation, we 
would like to see the project mature, in particular we'd like to see a 
greater breadth of community, especially a greater breath of 
organisations contributing to the project, before the project starts 
incubation.
As such I propose that PyCSW is not included into incubation yet.

+1 Cameron Shorter

Background:
* Metrics: https://www.ohloh.net/p/pycsw
* I'd be looking to see something like 3+ different organisations 
providing sustained support for the project (as sponsors or providing 
developers) for 1+ years by the time a project completes incubation.

Of note, I think it valuable for projects to start building up the 
incubation processes such that passing through incubation will be easy 
in future.

On 01/01/13 04:43, Landon Blake wrote:
> I wanted to follow up on the PyCSW application for incubation. I
> believe I can summarize the current situation in this way:
>
> 1) PyCSW has applied for incubation.
> 2) They have a willing mentor.
> 3) They are waiting for a response from our committee on concerns
> about their level of community involvement.
>
> We need to get back to the project team with a decision on their
> incubation application. If we feel the project isn't ready for
> incubation because they lack an active community, we should make that
> clear to them. If this is our decision, we should also:
>
> 1) Make our criteria for evidence of an active community clear, so the
> project can set some goal posts.
> 2) Invite the project to contact us with regular updates on their
> progress towards these goals.
>
> If, on the other hand, we feel that communnity building is something
> they can do DURING incubation, we should accept their application and
> address this concern with their mentor so he can work with the project
> team to address it before incubation graduation.
>
> Either way, I think we owe the pycsw project team a decision soon.
>
> Landon
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