[Incubator] MapGuide incubation status?

[Arnulf Christl]

Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Daniel Morissette wrote:
>> I have followed the activities of the incubation committee from a 
>> distance and have been thinking of volounteering as a mentor for 
>> MapGuide since the committee seems to have a hard time filling the 
>> spot. However I am hesitant because I am not sure on the amount of 
>> time involved to do a good job and whether I can find that time. Can 
>> any of the other mentors comment on that?
> 
> Daniel,
> 
> I have found being Geotools mentor involves a couple hours work a week
> to attend some IRC meetings and keep up with incubation related emails
> and to maintain a general sense of what else is going on on the mailing
> list.
> 
>> Also, I am not currently associated in any way with the MapGuide 
>> project, but may start using it for our clients or even extending it 
>> eventually. Would that be a problem if that happened before the end of 
>> the incubation while I am the MapGuide mentor?
> 
> Having an interest in learning and using the project makes you an excellent
> potential mentor.  In Paul's case there was a concern as a major code
> contributor now (via web studio), and the fact the funding for that came
> from Autodesk (I think?) it seems like he was very close to the project to
> be seen as independent.
> 
> Best regards,

fwiw, I would motion or second and +1 Daniel as mentor for Mapguide.

 From my experience as incubating project PSC member with Paul as Mentor 
the process was fairly painless. From my perspective as 1/2 Mentor for 
GRASS it can also be a rather complex process and will keep us busy for 
some time. I'll write another mail on that later.

With all this immense experience I can assure you that the amount of 
time involved to do a good job will be manageable for you (because 
obviously you will have to find the time, not me... :-)

Best regards,
Arnulf.