As a committer you have a binding vote. However, our by-laws do not make it clear what sort of decision-making process we use for non-technical matters such as this. So I am not sure whether your -1 counts as a veto.
On 27 May 2013 19:14, Rohit Yadav <bhais...@apache.org> wrote: > -1 list of books etc. on website (binding, if committers are allowed to do > that). > > The list should be on the project wiki and not on the website. > Even if we have the right intention, the website should ought not be seen > as platform of promoting anything other than the materials published within > Apache CloudStack, which means promoting anything which means books, > goodies and things of that sort. > > What we can do is create a wiki on things about CloudStack, which we > already have and in the education/how-to section add list of books related > to CloudStack or cloud computing, but on the wiki and not on the website. > > Cheers. > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > After a relatively long discussion on the marketing@ list about the > > "Packt Book" [1] I would like to call a vote. > > > > Proposal: > > ---------------- > > I propose to list CloudStack related books on our website [2]. The page > > listing these books would contain the following disclaimer: > > > > "This listing does not represent official endorsement by the Apache > > CloudStack project. The Apache CloudStack project does not recommend one > > book versus another nor does it guarantee the quality of the books." > > > > Inclusion of a book in the listing would be done via a vote on the > > marketing@ list. > > ---------------- > > > > As a quick summary, alternatives to this proposal were to: > > 1-not do anything > > 2-list the books on the wiki > > > > A few of us have already expressed their opinions and discussed the > > possibilities. Check [1]. > > > > Vote will be open for 96 hours (To accommodate Memorial day in the USA). > > > > Reply with: > > > > [ ] +1 approve > > [ ] +0 no opinion > > [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why) > > > > PS: If edits of the disclaimer are needed but that they do not change the > > meaning of it, the disclaimer will be modified but the vote will not be > > restarted. > > > > [1] http://markmail.org/thread/r4qdmbonmx6yq2uv > > [2] http://cloudstack.apache.org > > > > -Sebastien > -- NS
