I'm travelling and on holiday this week, but my $0.02: Stop trying to find a single word for what we mean. It's too subtle:
> > When using the word 'Meritocracy', is is important to > > explain on which merits the meritocracy is based : > > -- community building > > -- software construction > > -- whatever > > This is the main issue, and one where the traditional ASF usage of > "merit" is subtly different than the dictionary definition: If it's *so* important to us, break it out into two or three things. * "The people who do the work get to lead the work" * "We remember and like people who do good work" * "As time passes, your contributions don't devalue" etc. Yes, we're international, and we can tailor this message in other languages as necessary. We shouldn't therefore justify use of a word that has this many problems and this much baggage in English, however. -Joan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
