On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Tetsuya Kitahata <[email protected]> wrote: >> > My patience (and I suspect others') is crumbling and I consider this to be >> > unsolicited spam. >> >> When I saw your comment, I really regret to become the first >> individual sponsor (http://an.to/asf = >> http://web.archive.org/web/20080215064826/http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html) >> of the Apache Software Foundation. >> >> God bless you. > > My patience also BROW UP. > > Plus, I thought that I SHOULD do all of the activities of PRC/Treasury etc. > under the control of mine as the time of Sponsor [Bronze]. / including the > usage and rules of this mailing list. > > Really now regretting.
Tetsuya, please do not take this the wrong way, as this is just advice coming from someone who admired your efforts and willingness to help a while ago. You did good to Apache in a number of ways, and I'm personally grateful for all you did, but I believe the time is come to get the record straight. So: - I am a non-native speaker just as you are, so I know how it feels to be unable to express myself exactly as I would like to. Yet, my first piece of advice would be to brush up your English skills. Yes, it's not fair that a good command of English is required to participate to an open community such as Apache, but this is just the way it is over here. I am afraid that most of the issues we are experiencing are due to language barriers and cultural clashes: this is unfortunate, yet it's not going away until you demonstrate some proficiency in the language. - this has been debated already, but just to reiterate: no, your sponsorship (and no sponsorship, whatever the amount) does not give you any right to either suggest what Apache should be doing or have a say in how we spend sponsorship money. You should sponsor Apache because you like what we do and you want us to continue - if that's not the case, you should just withdraw and move on. As a sponsor, we are thankful to you, but that's all. And, in case you want to see how we spend our money, know that everything is public and published on the website: that information should be more than enough for you to make an informed decision. - Mark does have a few valid points, and I urge you to address them ASAP. Have fun, -- Gianugo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
