Seems reasonable. I just thought the organic, informal, open, topic-subscription model, was a good one. No formal maintenance/effort required.
-- Christopher L Tubbs II http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Corey Nolet <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, would you be in favor of forwarding blog posts to G+ so that it can > still be provided to that community? > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Corey Nolet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm in favor of full reposts wherever possible. It may be duplication of >> content, but it validates for many that the content has been approved by >> the community. While the content is being republished, I'm still in favor >> of posting a link to the original blog post (if applicable). >> >> I find a blog useful when it's from a reputable source, it's easy to find, >> and what I need is right there. I, personally, wouldn't find it as useful >> if I searched a blog and then had to go somewhere else to find the actual >> content. >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Bill Havanki >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I think that would be splendid, Don. :) >>> >>> I'd be happy to help out with getting this set up. I'm in favor of using >>> Apache's blog infrastructure, at least at first, since it's ready to go >>> and >>> explicitly for this purpose. I like the sense of place it provides, vs. a >>> loose topic on G+ / elsewhere. >>> >>> - I'm not a fan of just posting links to articles elsewhere. There should >>> be at least a short, complete passage for each post with a link to the >>> full >>> thing, if not a full repost. >>> - Lazy approval sounds fine to me, since a PMC member has to post the >>> content anyway. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Donald Miner <[email protected] >>> >wrote: >>> >>> > Is this something i can volunteer to help manage if nobody else wants >>> to? >>> > Do things like set it up, collect blog posts from authors, edit them, >>> post >>> > them, manage the draft and vote process, etc. >>> > >>> > Just putting that out there as i see it as a way i can contribute to the >>> > community and i also personally think it is a good idea. >>> > >>> > -d >>> > >>> > > On Apr 10, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Mike Drob <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > >>> > > 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 >>> > >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> // Bill Havanki >>> // Solutions Architect, Cloudera Govt Solutions >>> // 443.686.9283 >>> >> >>
