Call for feedback on draft of ZOO-Project PSC Membership Process

[omshinde]

Please provide your feedback and comments for the ZOO-Project PSC membership process draft document. (Refer Action Item 2)

Link to the draft:

• Github wiki page: https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ZOO-Project-PSC-Membership-Process
• Shared doc link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19jnWKcFKb68eP65WzpN34-V0WZ7C55naiLJd_XLuODM/edit?usp=sharing

You can provide feedback and comments directly on the document or by replying as a comment to this issue. Thanks!

@ZOO-Project/psc @ZOO-Project/osgeo-incubation-mentor

[jmckenna]

Thanks for the great effort on this document. Here is my feedback:

• add a section below the title containing:
  • Authors:
  • Last Updated: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Status: Draft
• define at the beginning what "PSC" stands for (not every reader knows what 'PSC' means)
• change all dates in the document to the ISO standard of YYYY-MM-DD
• the PSC Guidelines document referenced should be ported to either the GitHub wiki, or some part of the new infrastructure, instead of to a Trac link (http://zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC/process)
• question: is the current list of PSC members listed somewhere (this document or elsewhere), and their terms (how long they are committed to be on the PSC) ?
• where it says 'via an online tool' I would suggest adding in brackets: "(such as LimeSurvey https://www.limesurvey.org/ which can be installed on the ZOO-Project infrastructure)"

Thanks!

[omshinde]

Thanks @venka-foss4g for drafting the document and for the feedback @jmckenna

• [x] add a section below the title containing:

  • Authors:
  • Last Updated: YYYY-MM-DD
  • Status: Draft
• [x] define at the beginning what "PSC" stands for (not every reader knows what 'PSC' means)
• [x] change all dates in the document to the ISO standard of YYYY-MM-DD
• [ ] the PSC Guidelines document referenced should be ported to either the GitHub wiki, or some part of the new infrastructure, instead of to a Trac link (http://zoo-project.org/trac/wiki/PSC/process)

The reference is not mentioned anywhere in the text, instead it would be good to remove it? Please suggest. @ZOO-Project/psc

• [x] question: is the current list of PSC members listed somewhere (this document or elsewhere), and their terms (how long they are committed to be on the PSC) ?

Added website link to the ZOO Tribal Council.

• [x] where it says 'via an online tool' I would suggest adding in brackets: "(such as LimeSurvey https://www.limesurvey.org/ which can be installed on the ZOO-Project infrastructure)"

[gfenoy]

I would be favor to use GitHub wiki if no-one object, I think we should proceed this way.

Indeed, I was investigating using fosshost but I received an email over the week-end asking for money support, so it may not be a good option for us.

Should we think of moving to another infrastructure?

I honestly wonder if it is not safer to ensure the payment ourself, and in consequence, ensuring the project future on our own without relying on any support from anyone...

I think it is a very sad but, true statement. Hope to get feedbacks.

CC @ZOO-Project/psc