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

[Daniel Morissette]

Not sure if a formal motion is required, but I am +1 on your proposal.

Daniel


On 13-01-08 2:19 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
> Are we going to hear from the rest of the committee members about
> pycsw's application?
>
> I'd like to close the loop with them.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Landon
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Landon Blake <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 7:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [Incubator] Follow Up on PyCSW Application: Community Requirements?
> To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>
>
> I think Cameron's requirements sound reasonable. I'm +1.
>
> After we've tallied the votes, I'll let pycsw know our final decision.
> If they aren't admitted to incubation at this time, I'll work with
> them on community building in the incubation labs.
>
> Hopefully we can get votes from the other committee members this week.
>
> Landon
>
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>>
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