[Incubator] work piling up? here is an idea

[Landon Blake]

Good deal. I wanted to make sure we didn't lose this information. I
think it is a great idea.

Landon

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cannot remember let me check …
>
>
> I wrote up something here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Phases
>
> Feel free to hack it up :-)
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On Tuesday, 13 November 2012 at 5:38 AM, Landon Blake wrote:
>
> Jody:
>
> Do we have this proposed phasing on the OSGeo wiki yet? If not, I will
> add it there.
>
> Landon
>
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I am doubling back to a couple of recent ideas…
>
> 1) Bob recommended putting the incubation process into stages. While I do
> not think incubation is takes much extra work for an established project, it
> would help make the work feel lighter and more rewarding :-) Plus I think
> video game achievements are great …
> 2) Bob also had an idea of working the checklist into a grid (especially
> with respect to where help is available).
> 3) I had the idea of projects that are stuck waiting for a mentor solving
> the problem by "swapping" (you mentor my project I will mentor yours)
> 4) I noticed that our current wiki list of projects is already clearly
> marked into steps …
>
> gvSIG: gvSIG Incubation Status | gvSIG Provenance Review
>
> GeoServer: [OSGEO incubation Status]
> GeoMoose: GeoMoose Incubation Status
> MetaCRS: MetaCRS Incubation Status | MetaCRS Provenance Review
> Opticks
> rasdaman: rasdaman Incubation Status
> Zoo-Project
>
> 5) Finally I think we can reach out to other committees (we already have a
> good relationship with SAC and Marketting, and that is clearly shown on our
> checklist)
> 6) We have a number of projects with great proposals waiting for a mentor
>
> Putting those ideas together here is what I got for "stages"… and please
> jump in and refine this idea.
>
> Incubation: Approved
> - List the projects with a proposal that has been approved … and are just
> waiting for a mentor
> - I view this as an essential outreach effort in fostering new projects, and
> do not like the incubation committee acting as a bottleneck
> REWARD: Text link from OSgeo Website along the lines of "Volunteer for the
> incubation committee. These projects are waiting to enter OSGeo ..."
>
> Incubation: Incubation
> - Projects that have completed their Status information .. and may still be
> looking for a mentor
> - The status page gathers details for SAC, and a minimal amount of
> information for the Marketting committee
> - OSGeo Incubation logo on their homepage, linking to
> http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html to explain what incubation means
> REWARD: text *link* from the website to the marketing committee project
> details page (or OSGeo live page which is often better)
>
> Incubation: Complete
> - Projects that have finished their Provence Review, and have adopted an
> open development model for public participation
> - Can still be working through the rest of the checklist as they make
> contact with the different OSGeo committees
> - Project has a mentor going through the checklist with the goal of
> recommending the project for "graduation"
> - Frankly this is the first point where OSGeo as a Foundation can actually
> recommend a project meets our expectations
> - OSGeo Project logo on their homepage (with the subtext "incubation")
> REWARD: project logo on the website under an incubation category, perhaps
> grated out?
>
> OSGeo: Project
> - completed the incubation checklist, recommended to the board for
> graduation, etc...
> - approved by the board, project officer, etc..
> REWARD: colour logo on the webpage, sorted into the appropriate software
> category
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> _______________________________________________
> Incubator mailing list
> Incubator at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
>
>