Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
Roman, You might need to align this with the need to update the English version and have it approved by Press and Media first.  SK says it is too out of date for distribution. Then the English version needs to be translated to the Russian version, etc. Not sure if the Russian version is out of

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
I can help getting the fixes committed -- replied on the JIRA and assigned to myself to help Dmitriy get his fixes in On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 10:47 AM Dmitriy Pavlov wrote: > > Thanks for this idea, for me it will be also easier to keep track. > > Issue:

[jira] [Commented] (COMDEV-315) Fix Russian translation for Apache Brochure

2019-03-22 Thread Roman Shaposhnik (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-315?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16799511#comment-16799511 ] Roman Shaposhnik commented on COMDEV-315: - Hey [~dpavlov] if you could attach fixed xcf and pdf

[jira] [Assigned] (COMDEV-315) Fix Russian translation for Apache Brochure

2019-03-22 Thread Roman Shaposhnik (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-315?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Roman Shaposhnik reassigned COMDEV-315: --- Assignee: Roman Shaposhnik > Fix Russian translation for Apache Brochure >

Re: 回复:Re: Establishing an Events PMC?

2019-03-22 Thread Ross Gardler
To follow up Ted's proposal I think it would be a really good idea for some folks to look at models for scaling like the Arduino model Ted links to. The organizer of DevOps Days is a day job colleague, I'm sure she would be happy to chat with someone about what has worked and what has not. I

Re: 回复:Re: Establishing an Events PMC?

2019-03-22 Thread Ross Gardler
Yes, you can absolutely count on me to help in any way possible. I'd love to be a part of closing the loop on what we started all those years ago. I've been much less active recently it would be an honor to help you kick of the next stage. Ross From:

回复:Re: Establishing an Events PMC?

2019-03-22 Thread Liu Ted
Hi Rich, A big +1. To scale out, we may also refer to how Arduino Day operates 659 events in 106 countries on March 16 2019. I helped out and participated Arduino Day 2019 - Beijing. Please see more details in https://day.arduino.cc/ Best regards, Ted Liu,  ASF Member, Sponsor Ambassador,

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Dinesh Joshi
Striving for an ideal is good. Doing away with it entirely feels like giving up on it and admitting defeat. Dinesh > On Mar 22, 2019, at 4:24 PM, Naomi Slater wrote: > > I suspect the answer is not to replace the word but to do away with it > entirely > >> On Fri 22. Mar 2019 at 21:28, Roman

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 3/22/2019 7:28 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 4:25 PM Naomi Slater wrote: >> I suspect the answer is not to replace the word but to do away with it >> entirely > I still would like to have a succinct handle to reference the ethos of ASF. >From my experience, there are

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 4:25 PM Naomi Slater wrote: > > I suspect the answer is not to replace the word but to do away with it > entirely I still would like to have a succinct handle to reference the ethos of ASF. Thanks, Roman.

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Naomi Slater
I suspect the answer is not to replace the word but to do away with it entirely On Fri 22. Mar 2019 at 21:28, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:59 AM Rich Bowen wrote: > > On 3/22/19 3:03 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > > It would be very important to come up with a

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
OK, I will ramp down on that unless someone else has time to get it into shape for me to run 50 copies or something at Fedex/Kinkos on Sunday. Regards, KAM On 3/22/2019 5:11 PM, Sally Khudairi wrote: > Kevin, that document hasn't been updated in quite a long time. > > Whomever from ComDev that

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Sally Khudairi
Kevin, that document hasn't been updated in quite a long time. Whomever from ComDev that needs it works with me to bring it up to current messaging and stats. Please do not print it in its current state for Monday. Regards, Sally - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President

[jira] [Commented] (COMDEV-307) GSoC - Allura - responsive web pages

2019-03-22 Thread Dave Brondsema (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-307?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16799334#comment-16799334 ] Dave Brondsema commented on COMDEV-307: --- Hi [~dilshandilip] I'd recommend first installing Allura

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:59 AM Rich Bowen wrote: > On 3/22/19 3:03 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > It would be very important to come up with a replacement that is > > as effective as what we're trying to replace. Frankly, I don't know > > a single candidate. > > As discussed elsewhere in the

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread sebb
On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 17:47, Dmitriy Pavlov wrote: > > Thanks for this idea, for me it will be also easier to keep track. > > Issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-315 > > Could you please assign me to contributor role, so I can assign this issue > to me? AFAIK issues are normally

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Naomi, Thanks for (re)starting this discussion. I’ve come to agree that there are serious problems with the word “meritocracy”. Everyone and every culture brings their own ever evolving definition. I brought up the Incubator because mentoring new podlings currently includes teaching that

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Dmitriy Pavlov
Thanks for this idea, for me it will be also easier to keep track. Issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-315 Could you please assign me to contributor role, so I can assign this issue to me? пт, 22 мар. 2019 г. в 20:42, sebb : > On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 15:50, Dmitriy Pavlov

[jira] [Created] (COMDEV-315) Fix Russian translation for Apache Brochure

2019-03-22 Thread Dmitriy Pavlov (JIRA)
Dmitriy Pavlov created COMDEV-315: - Summary: Fix Russian translation for Apache Brochure Key: COMDEV-315 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-315 Project: Community Development

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread sebb
On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 15:50, Dmitriy Pavlov wrote: > > It's a pity. Also, I can prepare .xfc files and send it to a ComDev > committer via email. Who can commit it later? Better to create a JIRA COMDEV issue and attach it there please. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV That would

Help with task: Ensure all Apache TLPs have Wikipedia pages

2019-03-22 Thread Albert Lowe
I would like to help out with the task listed at /task.html?0b349bee

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Naomi Slater
agreed re "do-ocracy" 1) like Patricia points out, like "meritocracy", it presupposes our past and future ability implement such a system 2) even if we *have* been successful at implementing such a system, is that really enough for us, from an ideological perspective? are we not concerned with

Re: Who "manages" the RedBubble account?

2019-03-22 Thread Mark Thomas
On 19/03/2019 23:49, Shane Curcuru wrote: > Related question: do we have a canonical URL to send people to the > Redbubble store? In particular are we intending to list it anywhere on > our website(s)? I suggest: https://www.redbubble.com/people/comdev/portfolio?asc=u as that groups products by

Re: Establishing an Events PMC?

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
On 3/22/19 12:59 PM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > I like the idea especially the roadshow first to establish a beachhead. I > would add that a collocated event might be ok in some circumstances too as > a first landing. Yes, I just added collocated as a category in the document I'm working on.

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
On 3/22/19 3:03 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > It would be very important to come up with a replacement that is > as effective as what we're trying to replace. Frankly, I don't know > a single candidate. As discussed elsewhere in the thread, simply coming up with a new word, while potentially

Re: Establishing an Events PMC?

2019-03-22 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
I like the idea especially the roadshow first to establish a beachhead. I would add that a collocated event might be ok in some circumstances too as a first landing. On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 11:28 Rich Bowen Several years ago, due to many reasons (let's call it "dysfunction" for > now) ConCom -

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
On 3/22/19 12:49 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi Rich, > > I’m not sure if you included the Incubator in your analysis. We have mentions > of meritoc on six pages along with references to foundation pages and links. > > The pages are: > > guides/proposal.html > guides/graduation.html >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Rich, I’m not sure if you included the Incubator in your analysis. We have mentions of meritoc on six pages along with references to foundation pages and links. The pages are: guides/proposal.html guides/graduation.html guides/community.html guides/ppmc.html index.html

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Alex Harui
On 3/22/19, 12:04 AM, "Roman Shaposhnik" wrote: It would be very important to come up with a replacement that is as effective as what we're trying to replace. Frankly, I don't know a single candidate. Does anyone? Do-ocracy - I think we've used this word before to

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Dmitriy Pavlov
It's a pity. Also, I can prepare .xfc files and send it to a ComDev committer via email. Who can commit it later? пт, 22 мар. 2019 г. в 18:34, Rich Bowen : > > > On 3/22/19 11:24 AM, Dmitriy Pavlov wrote: > > Hi Roman, > > > > I've tried to update it using GIMP, and it seems I can fix it. It

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
On 3/22/19 10:55 AM, Naomi Slater wrote many good and helpful things. Narrowing it down to the "action items": > there are two issues here: > > (1) improving our external communication in a way that communicates our > desire to build an inclusive, respectful, safe, and equitable organization

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
On 3/22/19 11:24 AM, Dmitriy Pavlov wrote: > Hi Roman, > > I've tried to update it using GIMP, and it seems I can fix it. It refers to > "Standard" font. If I set Arial it looks ok. > > Can I commit changes later using general Apache Committer credentials or > should I be committer in the

Establishing an Events PMC?

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
Several years ago, due to many reasons (let's call it "dysfunction" for now) ConCom - the Conferences Committee - was disbanded by the Board, and replaced with a single individual - myself - designated as VP Conferences. This was largely due to break the gridlock of dealing with 30 people, with 50

Re: Apache Brochure/Tri-Fold?

2019-03-22 Thread Dmitriy Pavlov
Hi Roman, I've tried to update it using GIMP, and it seems I can fix it. It refers to "Standard" font. If I set Arial it looks ok. Can I commit changes later using general Apache Committer credentials or should I be committer in the ComDev? Sincerely Dmitriy Pavlov пт, 22 мар. 2019 г. в 05:21,

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Naomi Slater
sorry for the double post... I just noticed, from the blog post I linked, that GitHub replaced their "meritocracy" slogan with: "In collaboration we trust." I like that! On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 at 15:55, Naomi Slater wrote: > "Word origins are just that - origins. What matters is the current >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Naomi Slater
"Word origins are just that - origins. What matters is the current meaning, not where they originated. You can play that kind of game with lots of English words, many of which have absurd origin stories." but it's not just a word origin. that was my point. the moral issues the satirical novel

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 3/22/2019 6:56 AM, Shawn McKinney wrote: On Mar 22, 2019, at 2:03 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: It would be very important to come up with a replacement that is as effective as what we're trying to replace. Frankly, I don't know a single candidate. Does anyone? Here are some, can’t say

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Shawn McKinney
> On Mar 22, 2019, at 2:03 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > > It would be very important to come up with a replacement that is > as effective as what we're trying to replace. Frankly, I don't know > a single candidate. > > Does anyone? Here are some, can’t say they carry the same level of

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Rich Bowen
FYI, as you may have seen, I've made the following change in a couple of places. I think it only goes part-way to solving the problem, but it replaces "is" with "strives to be" in every place on community.apache.org where this term occurs. We can, of course, do more, but I didn't want to be

[jira] [Commented] (COMDEV-307) GSoC - Allura - responsive web pages

2019-03-22 Thread Dilshan Dilip (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-307?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16799011#comment-16799011 ] Dilshan Dilip commented on COMDEV-307: -- Hello Dave, My name is Dilshan Dilip Udara, Second year

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-03-22 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi Dinesh It's great to hear that the Apache Cassandra community is keen to be involved with this. I confirm that I will put an application on behalf of the ASF. Thanks Sharan On 2019/03/22 07:24:20, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > Hi all, > > I am coordinating the GSoD effort in the Apache Cassandra

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-03-22 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi Aizhamal Thanks very much for the offer of help. I'll put something together and perhaps you can help me with a review. Thanks Sharan On 2019/03/19 18:11:02, Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy wrote: > Hi Sharan, > > I'm happy to help with the ASF's application for SoD, if you need any > support

Help with task: Ensure all Apache TLPs have Wikipedia pages

2019-03-22 Thread คนของจัย คัยห๊ามยุ่ง
I would like to help out with the task listed at /task.html?0b349bee

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-03-22 Thread Dinesh Joshi
Hi all, I am coordinating the GSoD effort in the Apache Cassandra community. We already have a few volunteers willing to help mentor the tech writer. Who can confirm whether ASF is applying as an organization? We will not apply separately. Thanks, Dinesh > On Mar 19, 2019, at 11:11 AM,

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-03-22 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 10:53 AM Rich Bowen wrote: > On 3/21/19 1:15 PM, Naomi Slater wrote: > > > > I feel like this is a good opportunity to bring up (as I have brought up > > before) the fact that "meritocracy" was invented for the purposes of a > > satirical *dystopian* novel. > > Well,