request eml dev status for saurab sood and gaurav gupta

[David Blankman]

Chris,

First, I think that your reason for disapproving Saurabh and Gaurav 
makes sense. I have no problem with doing the commits to cvs myself.

Second, Matt had requested that I put the code for the conversion tools 
in the eml branch of cvs.

Third, thanks for joining us at the LTER EML Implementation workshop.

David



Christopher Jones wrote:

>David,
>
>I would have to disapprove on this one.  I feel like there is a
>difference between having CVS write access, and being committed to the
>development of the EML spec and all that it entails.  There are a number
>of people at NCEAS, ASU CES, PISCO, etc. that contribute, but that commit
>through Chad, myself, and others.  I realize this is less convenient, but the
>general protocol of voting for inclusion does not just mean that they
>would have CVS commit access, but that they would also be voting
>here-on-out on EML issues that affect the entire community. For these
>reasons, the process of *demonstrating* commitment (list participation,
>code contributions, discussion, etc ...) has been put into place in order
>to provide a means of evaluation, and then a vote.
>
>Also, EML is a content standard for the entire ecological community, not
>just the LTER community.  I don't understand why code would be commited to
>the EML repository that is specific to the data models of individual LTER
>sites.  Perhaps this code belongs in another module related to KNB
>products. I'm not sure about that.
>
>Anyway, with all respect to Saurabh and Gaurav, I certainly don't want
>anytone to think that my opinion is a reflection on them whatsoever.  It
>is merely a commentary on the process of EML voting and the like.
>
>All, please let me know if I'm interpreting the process incorrectly, and I
>would be glad to reconsider.
>
>Best,
>
>chris
>
>On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, David Blankman wrote:
>
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>
>>Gaurav Gupta and Saurab Sood are student programmers working for me at
>>the LTER Network Office. They are concentrating on writing applications
>>to convert legacy metadata to eml, including both dataset and remote
>>sensing metadata. They are making a major contribution to getting eml
>>from LTER sites.
>>
>>I would like them to be able to do cvs commits. My understanding is that
>>this requires approval by the eml-dev group.
>>Remember, the possible votes you can cast are:
>>approve     -- support the membership fully
>>whatever    -- don't know, or don't care enough to approve or object
>>disapprove  -- object -- this veto's the vote
>>
>>To pass, at least 2/3 of the members must vote (8) and 2/3 of those must
>>be approve votes with no disapprove votes cast.
>>
>>Gaurav Gupta
>>Approve:  David Blankman
>>
>>
>>Saurabh Sood
>>Approve:  David Blankman
>>
>>--
>>David E. Blankman
>>Database Integration Developer
>>Long Term Ecological Research Network Office
>>University of New Mexico
>>801 University, SE #104
>>Albuquerque, NM 87106
>>(505) 272-7346 / (505) 272-7080 FAX
>>
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David E. Blankman
Database Integration Developer
Long Term Ecological Research Network Office
University of New Mexico
801 University, SE #104
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 272-7346 / (505) 272-7080 FAX

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