[Incubator] public volunteer support organisation

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Well said Jody. So well actually that I have copied parts of it to the
Incubation landing page in the Wiki. Hopefully it will help people and
projects to better understand how we work - and especially that it is
work in progress and lives off the energies of interested people.

See the changes here and please fix if wrong or need for more detail:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Incubation_FAQ&action=historysubmit&diff=69762&oldid=66693

Best regards,
Arnulf

On 03/23/2013 02:39 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Just a friendly reminder:
> 
> We are a public volunteer organisation which strives for
> transparency. No where is that tension felt more acutely then on
> the incubation committee. We have touched on a couple of sensitive
> topics this week, and I have gotten the occasional private message
> as a result.
> 
> We need to be supportive of projects in incubation, but we also
> need to be supportive of our volunteers on the incubation
> committee.  If you were/are worried about speaking up you can talk
> to me (or a board member) for a sanity check :-)
> 
> My rough guidelines are that anything about the functioning of
> this committee is fair game for the email list. So our discussion
> this week on community is health (and for me at least informative).
> And the transparency for projects entering incubation hopefully
> appreciated.
> 
> By the same token I encourage projects to push back on the
> incubation committee early and often (we can take it).
> 
> So what does cross the line and require privacy? Sensitive
> discussions of a legal/license nature are best bounced of a
> projects mentor, who could arrange for you to speak with a projects
> PSC if needed. If it has a chance of shutting down a project best
> have a sanity check first - often you will find the project/mentor
> all ready on the job.
> 
> (For a concrete example - during GeoTools incubation we had to
> yank prior releases. Ideally we would like the PSC to have space to
> figure out a battle plan and provide their community with a course
> of action.)
> 
> Australia has a kind expression: "Eat some concrete and harden up".
> By all means the incubation committee can be supportive environment
> for some "tough love".
> 
> Lets get it done - together. -- Jody Garnett
> 
> 
> 
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