From 291050477083ac9ed63eacff1ea4f7dc3831bb0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Fonnesbeck Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 19:55:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] Updated governance document --- GOVERNANCE.md | 25 ++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 1cc136c5a8..2b66fa9489 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -24,17 +24,7 @@ open and public Project discussions on GitHub, Google+, Slack, Hackpad, Gitter c rooms and mailing lists. The foundation of Project participation is openness and transparency. -Here is a list of the current Contributors to the main repository: -- John Salvatier -- Chris Fonnesbeck -- Thomas Wiecki -- Peadar Coyle -- Taku Yoshioka -- Austin Rochford -- Jon Sedar - - -There are also many other Contributors listed in the logs of other repositories of +There have been over 100 Contributors to the Project, whose contributions are listed in the logs of other repositories of the PyMC and projects. The Project Community consists of all Contributors and Users of the Project. @@ -133,6 +123,19 @@ In particular, the Council may: - Make decisions when regular community discussion doesn’t produce consensus on an issue in a reasonable time frame. +The current Steering Council membership comprises: + +- Colin Carroll +- Paedar Coyle +- Bill Engels +- Chris Fonnesbeck +- Maxim Kochurov +- Junpeng Lao +- Osvaldo Martin +- Austin Rochford +- Adrian Seyboldt +- Thomas Wiecki + ### Council membership To become eligible for being a Steering Council Member an individual must be a From 5f0c5c7c16c324755cbcfaa5ebff0aa6bcfde1a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Fonnesbeck Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:21:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Added NumFOCUS Subcommittee membership list --- GOVERNANCE.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 2b66fa9489..7560c05c9a 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ interactions with NumFOCUS. contracting work (including the reportee, i.e. the reportee + 1 is the max). This avoids effective majorities resting on one person. +The current NumFOCUS Subcommittee consists of: + +- Paedar Coyle +- Chris Fonnesbeck +- John Salvatier +- Jon Sedar +- Thomas Wiecki ### Institutional Partners and Funding From 28cb530c9c457f86d12b3191cbfb870373c0e5b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Fonnesbeck Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:25:08 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Fixed typo --- GOVERNANCE.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 7560c05c9a..5eda15bf8e 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ In particular, the Council may: The current Steering Council membership comprises: - Colin Carroll -- Paedar Coyle +- Peadar Coyle - Bill Engels - Chris Fonnesbeck - Maxim Kochurov From 802eb99e2015f994193a9d95262db9ea4bd29a2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Fonnesbeck Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:26:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Fixed typo --- GOVERNANCE.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 5eda15bf8e..5d66d9a5b7 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ interactions with NumFOCUS. The current NumFOCUS Subcommittee consists of: -- Paedar Coyle +- Peadar Coyle - Chris Fonnesbeck - John Salvatier - Jon Sedar From d426bf905ec2abe36e954c547cc34033bbdf2d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Ho Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:14:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Fix typo --- GOVERNANCE.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 5d66d9a5b7..e8171ba932 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ All members of the Council, BDFL included, shall disclose to the rest of the Council any conflict of interest they may have. Members with a conflict of interest in a particular issue may participate in Council discussions on that issue, but must recuse themselves from voting on the issue. If the BDFL has -recused his/herself for a particular decision, they will appoint a substitute +recused him/herself for a particular decision, they will appoint a substitute BDFL for that decision. ### Private communications of the Council From 4a94420f18732fe9d178567dbc83ffdbb5315aa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Ho Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:14:44 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] Rewrite awkward section --- GOVERNANCE.md | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index e8171ba932..71639a3024 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -211,16 +211,14 @@ should conduct their business in an open and public manner unless privacy is specifically called for. Private subcommittee communications should happen on the main private mailing list of the Council unless specifically called for. -Question: if the BDFL is not on a subcommittee, do they still have override -authority? - -Suggestion: they do, but they should appoint a delegate who plays that role -most of the time, and explicit BDFL intervention is sought only if the -committee disagrees with that delegate’s decision and no resolution is possible -within the team. This is different from a BDFL delegate for a specific decision -(or a recusal situation), where the BDFL is literally giving up his/her -authority to someone else in full. It’s more like what Linus Torvalds uses with his -“lieutenants” model. +Even if the BDFL does not sit on a specific subcommittee, he/she still retains +override authority on the subcommittee's decisions. However, it is expected that +the he/she will appoint a delegate to oversee the subcommittee's decisions, and +explicit intervention from the BDFL will only be sought if the committee +disagrees with the delegate's decision and no resolution is possible within the +subcommittee. This is a different situation from a BDFL delegate for a specific +decision, or a recusal, in which the BDFL gives up his/her authority to someone +else in full. ### NumFOCUS Subcommittee From 508aa9ea4cd64e620a567f887813acfa3bdacee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: George Ho Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 21:21:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] Fix another typo --- GOVERNANCE.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 71639a3024..26be356274 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -213,12 +213,12 @@ the main private mailing list of the Council unless specifically called for. Even if the BDFL does not sit on a specific subcommittee, he/she still retains override authority on the subcommittee's decisions. However, it is expected that -the he/she will appoint a delegate to oversee the subcommittee's decisions, and +he/she will appoint a delegate to oversee the subcommittee's decisions, and explicit intervention from the BDFL will only be sought if the committee disagrees with the delegate's decision and no resolution is possible within the subcommittee. This is a different situation from a BDFL delegate for a specific -decision, or a recusal, in which the BDFL gives up his/her authority to someone -else in full. +decision, or a recusal situation, in which the BDFL gives up his/her authority +to someone else in full. ### NumFOCUS Subcommittee From f250871d503e707472361aed5b22c2ef0756b4c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Fonnesbeck Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:02:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Added Quantopian as institutional partner; fixed line break issue --- GOVERNANCE.md | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/GOVERNANCE.md b/GOVERNANCE.md index 5d66d9a5b7..48b3bcd667 100644 --- a/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -20,12 +20,10 @@ documentation, designs or other work to one or more Project repositories. Anyone can be a Contributor. Contributors can be affiliated with any legal entity or none. Contributors participate in the project by submitting, reviewing and discussing GitHub Pull Requests and Issues and participating in -open and public Project discussions on GitHub, Google+, Slack, Hackpad, Gitter chat -rooms and mailing lists. The foundation of Project participation is openness +open and public Project discussions on GitHub, Google+, Slack, Hackpad, Gitter chat rooms and mailing lists. The foundation of Project participation is openness and transparency. -There have been over 100 Contributors to the Project, whose contributions are listed in the logs of other repositories of -the PyMC and projects. +There have been over 100 Contributors to the Project, whose contributions are listed in the logs of other repositories of the PyMC and projects. The Project Community consists of all Contributors and Users of the Project. Contributors work on behalf of and are responsible to the larger Project @@ -321,3 +319,5 @@ Partners, with associated benefits: - Same benefits as Tier 1 level Partners, but: - Only Institutional Contributors are invited to the Institutional Partners Workshop and bi-annual PyMC Developer Meeting + +The PyMC3 project currently recognizes Quantopian as a Tier 1 Institutional Partner, with Thomas Wiecki and Adrian Seyboldt as their institutional contributors and council members.