[Incubator] Re: idea: petition board for a change of scope

[Jody Garnett]

Can we kick this idea around a bit; and then ask our chair to approach the project officers (if we feel this idea is worth following up). 

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Jody Garnett


On Sunday, 12 June 2011 at 7:05 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:

> Background:
> 
> There seems to be recurring requests (on osgeo discuss) for projects to do more. Currently (after incubation) projects have an officer reporting to the board; allowing the board to formally make the request for projects to do more. These officers are also available as a point of contact for other committees (marketing, education, live dvd are the most vocal). Thus far I the only thing I have been asked for formally is an annual report.
> 
> It seems we have a bit of a communication problem about what the incubation committee is for; since I am a little bit tired of being the bad guy and saying "no", what would we need to be able to do in order to say "yes"?
> 
> Here is the idea:
> 
> We petition the board for a change of scope.
> 
> Name:
> Project Committee
> 
> Scope:
> Committee for current and future projects
> 
> Process and Procedures:
> - incubation process
> - TBD ...
> 
> For this to work we would need to ask the various project officers (for graduated projects) to stay on as members of this committee; even after their project has "graduated".
> 
> With an increase in scope we could take on, with project representatives in a voting position, additional tasks in an organised fashion. As an example we could actually address a issue such as "quality". Indeed that is a good example of a "goal". Personally I would start with asking projects to publish their existing quality assurance practices and issue tracker and call it a day. I know mapserver has had an independent security audit; if funding was available perhaps this idea could be extended to other projects.
> 
> -- 
> Jody Garnett

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