Craig, Neil:
WTP’s PMC has historically been composed of
sub-project leads (WST and JST) and other project-spanning roles, such as
architecture, planning, and requirements group leads.
The recent change to incubate related technologies within
sub-projects such as yours has created some confusion with respect to our PMC
membership policy: our previous approach would have added PMC membership for each
sub-project lead, but the roles would have been temporary, lasting only until
sub-project graduation.
Upon review, however, that approach is actually in conflict
with our written charter, which does not distinguish between full and “partial”
membership status or between permanent and “temporary” members.
As a result, the PMC’s view is that we should
establish a relationship with the incubating sub-project leads that is closer
than that of normal committers or component leads, but distinct from PMC
membership. Our existing policy of a standing invite to the PMC calls and
participation in them as representatives of the sub-projects in question will
be part of this, along with
·
Mentorship by the PMC sub-project lead
(Arthur for WST or Naci for JST) that will ultimately contain the majority of
the graduated component(s)
·
Support from the PMC lead (Tim) on
IP, release review, marketing, and other EMO/Board communication
·
Release engineering support from
David and Naci, as is currently done
Incubating sub-project leads will be encouraged to participate
in non-voting PMC processes and will be candidates for PMC membership along
with other WTP committers, judged on the merits of their accomplishments and their
ability/availability for the management and external communication tasks
required of PMC members.
I regret any confusion over our previous policies and hope
that this clarifies your “special relationship” with the PMC during
the course of your project’s incubation. As always, I and the rest of the
PMC look forward to working closely with you to incubate and integrate your technologies
into the wider WTP project.
Tim Wagner, on behalf of the WTP PMC