Gavin, All, Conducting politics is done already enough everywhere with the ASF and its organisational units. Let's leave at that.
Best regards, Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Chris Mattmann <mattm...@apache.org> wrote: > Rich is correct. > > Cheers, > Chris > > On 12/30/16, 10:29 AM, "Rich Bowen" <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > On 12/29/2016 08:20 AM, Gavin Mabie wrote: > > Hi Community > > > > Should the community come out clearly rejecting the Trump xenophobic > > policies? Given the fact that community members comprise all > cultures, > > religions and geographies? > > > > No. We should not make any political statements of this kind. > > It's cool for us to make statements about what we believe, but > endorsing, or attacking, particular politicians is not only contrary to > our non-profit standing, but there are individuals within our community > who are supporters of the president-elect, and who voted for him. Do we > reject those people from our community because we disagree with their > political leanings? > > We are not a political organization, and we must not become one. > > --Rich > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
