[Incubator] proposal: update project status template

[Jody Garnett]

This draft is slightly better at starting off new projects, and is explicit
about the evaluation criteria.

However I would be happy to table this motion, if you would like to offer
an alternate.



Jody Garnett


On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 6:45 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi Jody,
> I've just had a read through the project status template, (sorry for the
> delay), and question the need for it at all.
>
> Reason:
> * There is significant overlap between the status template and the
> Graduation Checklist.
> * Ideally, we should simplify our docs, such that they reference each
> other and hence we don't maintain the same thing in two places, resulting
> in docs getting out of sync, and people getting confused about where to
> look for things. (KISS principle)
>
> I'd suggest that for project status we should just ask people to compare
> against the Graduation Checklist.
>
>
> On 6/04/14 9:21 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
>  I propose we update our project status template<http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/statustemplate.html>with the contents of the following draft:
>
>  * http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Status_Draft
>
>  Inspiration for change:
> * We had the request to tone down the emphasis on use of system admin
> committee resources from the initial document<http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/statustemplate.html>
> .
> * Combine the original status template<http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/statustemplate.html>and evaluation
> criteria <http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/evaluation.html>documents
> * start of incubation for new projects distinct from the final checklist<http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/project_graduation_checklist.html>
>
>  --
>  Jody Garnett
>
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