[members] proposed wording for SFC ballot

[Jonathan "Duke" Leto]

Howdy,

I now see where I respectfully but completely disagree.

> My summary was about the long term, *after* we've joined TPF. In my opinion,
> it is a waste of Parrot's limited resources to pursue an application to SFC
> any time in the next 2-3 years. If/when Parrot has active production users
> (i.e. potential donors), ~30 active developers, and ~10 active
> non-developers doing "administrative" type work on the project, then I'd
> consider it reasonable to approach SFC. (I'm hopeful we might get there in 3
> years or so.)

Why not wait until the heat death of the universe? Same thing. But
seriously, where do these estimates come from?

> But the only way Parrot can get to that point is by focusing on
> *essentials*, using resources wisely to deliver the highest impact to
> Parrot's future success. SFC hosting is not essential, it's not even
> substantially different than TPF.

TPF is "The Perl Foundation". Parrot is not Perl. TPF is not an
appropriate long term home for Parrot.

Duke

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