[Incubator] [Board] Incubation <s>nightmare</s> question
Stephen Woodbridge
woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Mon Jan 26 07:55:12 PST 2015
At the risk of butting in where I'm not wanted. There is a process
documented here:
http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/process/process.html
It seems like you have gotten through step 3 because you have a mentor
assigned.
Step 4: The chairman of IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation
to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
seems like it could use some additional details, like how are projects
selected to be presented to the board? I would assume (maybe wrongly)
that the mentor asks for this to happen once they think the project as
met enough of the steps to be approved.
We have a Graduation check list, maybe we also need a Acceptance check
list? so it is clear what is required to be complete before being
accepted. I think that this has generally been communicated between the
mentor and the project in other situations.
In general, it is up to the project to take the lead and to drive the
effort. The project should be asking the mentor what to we need to do?
we did this, is it complete enough? What is the next step for us? etc.
If a project is passively waiting, then I'm pretty sure nothing is
happening.
Hope this helps,
-Steve
There are lots of documents if you google: osgeo incubation process
but the problem seems to be a lack of communication between your project
and your mentor that has lead to misaligned expectations.
On 1/26/2015 10:08 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> Dear Arnulf, Cameron and All,
> I wrote this e-mail because I don't think istSOS is in incubation.
>
> This is because:
> - i din't receive any confirmation from anybody about that
> - istSOS is not listed in the "incubating" projects
> - in all the presentations I saw that mentioned OSGeo projects and
> incubation project istSOS has been never mentioned
>
> I think, that the board should vote on this. Am I wrong?
>
> I didn't stress the mentor (Arnulf) because I think he will help me in
> achieve incubation requirements and improve the project, up to be able
> to graduate, eventually; not in bypassing forgetfulness or inattention
> in the procedure.
>
> As soon as istSOS knows is in incubation, it might start to stress the
> Mentor to see what it miss (I believe a lot of things!!)
>
> This mail "incubation nigthmare" was to underline that something is not
> working in the procedure of incubation.
>
> Maybe istSOS will never be able to incubate, but at least starting would
> be a good point.
>
> Maxi
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Il giorno Mon Jan 26 2015 at 1:52:08 PM Seven (aka Arnulf)
> <seven at arnulf.us <mailto:seven at arnulf.us>> ha scritto:
>
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> Massimiliano,
> before calling all of Incubation a nightmare I would suggest to check
> what may have gone bad in your specific case. I am the assigned mentor
> for istSOS so ideally you should first contact me directly before
> frustrating all on this list, right?
>
>
> Your last mail to me dates from April 24 2014 [0] and the first thing
> you say is that you can easily retrieve a "code agreement" - but I have
> not yet seen this manifest anywhere. So how to proceed?
>
> To me the most problematic section in the Incubation process of istSOS
> is the "Community Functioning". If you look at the Wiki web site [1]
> there are still quite a few "tba" (does that mean "to be added"?).
> Please add.
>
> The IstSOS Provenance Review page [2] in the Wiki is still not populated
> at all. Please add.
>
> Until those questions are answered I don't think that the project is
> ready to graduate.
>
>
> [later]
> Admittedly I was somewhat annoyed by your mail.
>
> ...but now that I read maybe there has been a general misunderstanding.
> In my opinion IstSOS is already in incubation and I am just waiting for
> results. Rereading your mail it appears that you are still expecting
> some confirmation from the board level? Right?
>
>
>
> In general projects seem to expect the mentor to do all the work to get
> their project through incubation. This is not so - at least not from my
> perspective which may obviously be wrong. In my understanding the mentor
> is there to help if there are process questions, recommend a way forward
> in a tricky situation and to make a pre-check of the status of the
> project to be able to recommend graduation.
>
>
> Which is what I tried to achieve with this mail. Did it work?
>
>
> Have fun,
> Arnulf
>
> [0]
> http://lists.osgeo.org/__pipermail/incubator/2014-__April/002389.html <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2014-April/002389.html>
> [1]
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__IstSOS_Incubation_Status#__Community_Functioning
> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS_Incubation_Status#Community_Functioning>
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/__IstSOS_Provenance_Review
> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS_Provenance_Review>
>
>
> On 24.01.2015 17:58, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> > Dear incubation committee,
> > I'm embarassed in writing this email...
> >
> > but after a very very long waiting I have to complain for the
> treatment
> > the istsos software is receiving.
> >
> > Is the same for all the software or just this project is not
> considered?
> >
> > Almost one year ago I apply for entering incubation, the
> committee asks
> > me to follow the procedure with form.. Then ticket.. And I fill
> everything.
> >
> > The committee said we need a mentor, Arnulf volunteered, and the
> > committee, I think, voted approving istsos to pass in incubation.
> >
> > Then?.... Nothing... And one year is passed!
> >
> > I think the committee shall make a motion to the board to approve the
> > decision, but it never happened.
> >
> > The result? Istsos is not in incubation: not in the website nor
> in any
> > talk I have followed.
> >
> > Why making a motion is so difficult?
> >
> > If this is the treatment for new software approaching our community I
> > believe something does not work at all!
> >
> > I know people are volunteer and not paid, but the welcome steps are
> > minimal: reading a page, vote, and make a motion.
> >
> > If we get stack here, and after several remainders from my side,
> this is
> > really discouraging.
> >
> > Sorry for this email.
> >
> > Massimiliano
> >
> >
> >
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