[SeasonOfDocs] Hope you will join our ProjectSteeringCommittee

Mon Jul 22 18:57:04 PDT 2019

As per below, Eric has noted his lack of bandwidth to join our Project
Steering Committee.

On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 11:41, Eric Holscher <eric at writethedocs.org> wrote:

> Yes, please do.
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 6:26 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Eric, I understand. Your comments and suggestions so far have been great
>> and I hope you continue to sprinkle advice in our direction when you feel
>> inspired.
>> Would it be ok if you send this reply of yours to our list to let the
>> others know of your decision?
>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>
>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2019 at 07:36, Eric Holscher <eric at writethedocs.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the invite. I likely also don't have bandwidth currently to
>>> be involved more than in an auxiliary capacity and to answer questions. I'm
>>> already waring too many hats across Read the Docs, Write the Docs, and the
>>> Python Software Foundation.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 7:12 PM Cameron Shorter <
>>> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Eric,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure how closely you are following our email list? I'm
>>>> interested to hear your take on this question.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Cameron
>>>> On 20/7/19 11:51 am, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ok, so far the following people have agreed to join our Project
>>>> Steering Committee:
>>>>
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> Felicity Brand
>>>> Jo Cook
>>>> Clarence Cromwell
>>>> Erin McLean
>>>> Jennifer Rondeau
>>>>
>>>> Stephanie Blotner feels she doesn't have the bandwidth, but will still
>>>> contribute. (Great.)
>>>>
>>>> I hoping the following people won't be shy and will confirm their
>>>> availability. (Hint, hint, please reply)
>>>> Becka Todd
>>>> Eric Holscher
>>>> Jarad Morgan
>>>>
>>>> Once we have our core committee, we can use our voting processes to add
>>>> others when they get involved.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18/7/19 10:24 am, Stephanie Blotner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I don't have bandwidth to be part of the Project Steering Committee,
>>>> but if you don't mind, I'd like to continue sharing feedback, ideas, and
>>>> hopefully eventually some templates.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 2:50 PM Kyle Lobo <kylelobo11898 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>
>>
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>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>
>>
>>
>>
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