On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Sergio Fernández <wik...@apache.org> wrote:
> I agree with Rich on making the email address as simple as possible. But > the point William brought is actually very interesting, because Community > is where this cross-project communication should be really happen. So I'll > try to figure out how to accommodate that in https://community.apache.org > > > Interesting topic. I agree "community" is where the "meta-discussion" of this happens. However, the actual implementation of cross community collaboration will happen in the relevant and engaged communities themselves. Its almost like the "cross topic" would have its own mini PMC with representatives from the engaged communities. The list would be archived if / when at any time the organizers dwindled to 0. For example, I could see a list for PostgreSQL + Apache email with MADlib & HAWQ representatives. > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On 05/12/2016 09:20 AM, William A Rowe Jr wrote: > > > What committee is responsible for such lists? > > > > > > I think community itself is a good choice, parking these lists within > > > geospatial-dev@community.a.o would better reflect that relationship. > > > > > > > > > I was talking with someone about this - George Percivall, I believe - > > and the intent is that such a list would be promoted to the Geospatial > > communities, who are largely outside of Apache, to engage them in the > > discussion happening here. As such, the simplest possible email address > > has the benefit of people remembering it when it appears on slides at > > other Geospatial conferences. geospatial-dev@community.a.o is quite a > > mouthful. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Bill > > > On May 12, 2016 10:47 AM, "Rich Bowen" <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> On 05/12/2016 08:01 AM, Sergio Fernández wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> as part of the discussions we have had these days in Vancouver, some > of > > >> the > > >>> projects involved in the Geospatial track of the conference (mainly > SIS > > >> and > > >>> Marmotta) we have been discussing that we'd like to have a common > space > > >>> where discussing about common things. So far I do no see such common > > >> space > > >>> for other topics. > > >>> > > >>> A geospatial@a.o mailing list could serve that purpose, as well as > an > > >> entry > > >>> point for other communities (OGC, Eclipse LocationTech, etc). > > >>> > > >>> So, after discussing it with some folks here, I feel like bringing it > > up > > >>> here is a good way to figure out how we can materialize such idea. > > >>> > > >>> Thanks in advance for all your feedback. > > >>> > > >> > > >> This absolutely needs to happen, and I applaud you for making it > happen. > > >> As Ross says, you can open a ticket with Infra, but I'll bet that if > one > > >> of you who is here in Vancouver approaches one of the Infra guys, you > > >> can make it happen even faster. They're awesome and helpful. > > >> > > >> I would also love to see some of our other project groups do a similar > > >> thing. It's also a great point of engagement for people that are new > to > > >> our projects, who understand the technology areas, but aren't familiar > > >> with individual project names.. > > >> > > >> The question that I would have would be where we can most effectively > > >> promote these cross-project lists. I presume that each participating > > >> project would list it on their mailing lists pages, but we'd also want > > >> to have them on projects.apache.org. Where else? > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > > >> http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon > > > > > > > -- > Sergio Fernández > Partner Technology Manager > Redlink GmbH > m: +43 6602747925 > e: sergio.fernan...@redlink.co > w: http://redlink.co >
