Not sure how I feel about the Google+ community. As the PMC, aren't we responsible for brand management?
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Christopher <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I'd find it easier to simply suggest people post to a > common Google+ topic/community, when there's something of community > interest to blog about, rather than maintain a monolithic blog. > > There may be others with the same topic/name, but this one is the one > I saw first: > https://plus.google.com/communities/117836301734017142321 > > -- > Christopher L Tubbs II > http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am proposing a blog for the project to be hosted on the > blogs.apache.org site. There was a similar proposal last year on the dev > list [1], but no vote or decision. Apache has a web page with setup > instructions [2], which also states that the PMC is responsible for the > blog content and for granting write access to the blog. The process for > setting up a blog is easy and defined in [2]. > > > > > > To move forward I think we need to resolve some items: > > > > 1. The bylaws don't define how to vote on blog content, but the default > vote is in a Lazy Approval fashion, with no defined timeframe. I'm thinking > 3 days. Since the PMC is responsible for the content, should we enforce > something different, say, consensus or majority approval from active PMC > members over 3 days? > > > > 2. Guidelines for content. If we accept cross-posts from other sites or > blog posts from guest writers (non-contributors, non-committers), what > rules should be enforced (PMC is responsible for content)? For any author, > can their employer or employer's products be mentioned? > > > > 3. Do the articles need to be Apache licensed? > > > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/accumulo-dev/201311.mbox/%3CCAD-fFU%2B7ZqoVGYMzN%3D09dv9fMSv%2BF32XbsMubsw9HTZ6n155rg%40mail.gmail.com%3E > > [2] http://www.apache.org/dev/project-blogs > > >
