[SeasonOfDocs] Fwd: Bootstrapping TheGoodDocsProject Steering Committee

Tue Jul 23 13:18:31 PDT 2019

Hi folks! Just confirming to the list. Talk to y'all in a few!

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Erin McKean <emckean at google.com>
Date: Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [SeasonOfDocs] Bootstrapping TheGoodDocsProject Steering
Committee
To: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>

Hi Cameron! Just confirming I'd be happy to serve on the steering
committee, but I should probably do so under my legal name, which is McKean
(not McLean). :)

Thanks!

Erin

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 6:51 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
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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