[SeasonOfDocs] Bootstrapping TheGoodDocsProject Steering Committee

Kyle Lobo kylelobo11898 at gmail.com
Tue Jul 16 14:49:44 PDT 2019


 I think GitHub blocks people from approving their own pull request by
default.

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:25 AM Felicity Brand <felicitybrand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Okay, as a bit of an experiment, I put a rule on the Governance repo so
> that it requires at least one review on a PR. I couldn't restrict that
> further to block approving your own PR. I did a bit of digging around - if
> anyone know how to do that, let me know.
>
> cheers
> Felicity
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 11:59 PM Jennifer Rondeau <
> jennifer.rondeau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can confirm my availability, however rash such confirmation may
>> eventually prove to be.
>>
>> You can write rules to block people from merging their own PRs. I'd have
>> to look up how to do it, but I've worked on projects that implement such an
>> approach. Not sure how complex, though
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 9:34 AM Jo Cook <jo.k.cook at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I confirm my availability to be on the PSC too. How exciting!
>>>
>>> Felicity/Cameron, I've made a quick change to the governance document to
>>> ensure I have write access and can merge pull requests. I can ask around
>>> for how to get around the issue of needing write access but not wanting
>>> people to approve their own PRs- no doubt someone has considered this
>>> elsewhere!
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 1:32 AM Felicity Brand <felicitybrand at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Looks good Cameron.
>>>>
>>>> I can confirm my availability.
>>>>
>>>> Apologies you weren't able to commit. I didn't get any email
>>>> notifications because I didn't realise my old work email was configured as
>>>> my default in Github. Gah!
>>>>
>>>> I have now made all members of the Org "owners" so you should be able
>>>> to approve your own PRs. I realise this probably isn't kosher for ensuring
>>>> quality. The other thing I could do is create a "team". I am new to
>>>> Organizations in Github so if anyone wants to guide me, please do so!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Felicity
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 9:02 PM Cameron Shorter <
>>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In order to get our decision making processes set up, I've written a
>>>>> draft Project Steering Committee governance doc for TheGoodDocsProject.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/camerons/governance/blob/master/ProjectSteeringCommittee.rst
>>>>>
>>>>> The next step is to add the initial people to this committee. I
>>>>> suggest these people should:
>>>>> * Have been actively involved in TheGoodDocsProject conversation to
>>>>> date.
>>>>> * Have tech writing experience, integrity and insights to share.
>>>>> * Be willing to contribute a few hours a fortnight for the next 6 to
>>>>> 12 months or more.
>>>>> * Agree to abide by the PSC governance doc above.
>>>>>
>>>>> People I suspect might be ready to join our initial PSC:
>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>> Felicity Brand
>>>>> Jo Cook
>>>>> Erin McLean
>>>>> Becka Todd
>>>>> Jennifer Rondeau
>>>>> Stephanie Blotner
>>>>> Eric Holscher
>>>>> Jarad Morgan
>>>>> Clarence Cromwell
>>>>> Riona Macnamara (I'm hoping, but am aware of your other priorities)
>>>>>
>>>>> If this sounds like you then please reply to confirm your availability.
>>>>>
>>>>> (Felicity, I don't seem to have permissions accept my github pull
>>>>> request for this doc)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>> Technology Demystifier
>>>>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>>>>
>>>>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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