004-sip-and-slip-coordination.md

date	accepted	updates	status
May 2016	true	SIP coordinator is Darja Still active but quiet for some time (Jan 2022) Currently being revamped and should come alive this next quarter (April 2022)	active

SCP-004: Center to coordinate SIP/SLIP process

Note

This text is a post-hoc summary of the proposal as verbally presented during the First Scala Center Advisory Board Meeting.

Goals

• Regain community's trust and enthusiasm for the SIP/SLIP process.
• Increase the community's involvement with the language and the eco-system.
• Fair representation of community, industry and language creator & maintainers.

Proposed approach

• We can't fix this until we admit there's a problem. For example, just mentioning SIP/SLIP on a PR will immediately shut down the conversation.
• Minimize process overhead, clarify timing of deadlines, responsibility of various actors.
• Should we rebrand the process? It may help to have separate technical working groups that come up with proposals and a separate process for voting on these proposals. We could integrate the latter into the Scala Center board meetings.