Re: Stepping down; Calvin as replacement

["Elijah Newren" <newren gmail com>]

On 1/28/07, Luis Villa <luis tieguy org> wrote:
> >
> > I'm a bit worried that Calvin is nearly unknown within the community.
> > It'd make more sense to me to see him more involved before he joins the
> > release team.
>
> Historical note:
>
> During the 2.0 cycle, we had a sun dude involved (whose name now
> completely escapes me) who was also a virtual community unknown, but
> otherwise had a lot of Serious Software Experience. That worked out
> well- he gave good advice and was useful to have around.
>
> That said, release team was a more active/involved group at the time;
> things may be different now.
>
> I can also vouch for Calvin being Good People(tm); I've never worked
> with him directly but he seems like a really nice guy and very sharp.
>
> Federico- what are his expectations- why does he want to be involved?
> It seems to me that is a critical question.

We should probably decide on this soon and let Calvin know one way or
the other.  I initially had the same reservations as Vincent, though
Luis' comments do help.  It would be nice to hear Federico's response
to Luis' question, though...Federico?

Elijah