On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 10:24:33PM +0200, Karsten Merker wrote: > On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 09:24:34AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > Gerardo Ballabio <gerardo.balla...@gmail.com> writes: > [...] > > > And I don't think that this is, or should be, within the bounds of the > > > Publicity Team delegation. > > > > I think this is probably the place where we disagree. > > > > That said, how *do* you want to handle this, assuming that other people in > > the project do want to acknowledge important events for our community > > members? For example, Debian has made note of Diwali in the past in > > various ways (arguably less obviously than changing the logo, to be fair), > > and it's been entirely uncontroversial. > [...] > > Perhaps it's just because I come from a work culture where this sort of > > acknowledgement is entirely routine and unexceptional, but this all feels > > like a tempest in a teapot to me. > > The latter is probably a cultural issue that varies significantly > depending on where one lives and works. My personal experience > with the various places that I have worked at has been exactly > the opposite from yours - employers have strictly avoided any > form of communication towards their employees that could be even > remotely related to religion or politics and employees were > expected to not issue any statements with religious or political > connotations when they spoke on behalf of the company.
Fully agreed. I don't think of any German company that would change its LOGO (for crying out loud!) to care for a minority or even the majority of its employees. I once worked at a company where they rolled out a green carpet with white lines in the entrance hall (thereby covering their logo that was woven in the regular carpet) and put up a soccer goal during the world championship. I don't care about the multi-million euro business that masquerades itself as "sports", and I hated it. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421