This issue still is that we are jumping the gun. Has any REPRESENTATIVE from the Apache Nation filed a complaint or reached out?
You may be creating a problem that does not exist. If we are doing good will, it may be noticed and not seen as an issue. Apache Foundation is a non-profit and not a baseball team that profits off the Apache Nation creating offensive hand gestures, etc. This may be a non-issue from the start and you are creating an issue when no REPRESENTATIVE has made a statement or complained. Owen Rubel oru...@gmail.com On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 11:05 AM Andrew Wetmore <cottag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all. > > We have a very long thread on the possibility of changing the name of our > foundation, and the complex work involved. I may have missed it in the > back-and-forth, but is there not another way forward? > > What if we established an offering of value to members of the Apache Nation > (defined by the eight tribes) that attaches a benefit to the existing > perceived connection between our use of the word "Apache" and theirs? Such > a package could start small, but grow toward something that is much more > useful than the "one peppercorn per annum" which is the legal term in > England to describe a nominal rent. > > The package could begin with elements that we already have in our hands > made available to members of the Apache Nation: > > - travel assistance to attend ApacheCon > - advanced access to the Google Summer of Code > - assistance within our realms of expertise with technical infrastructure > or code-development issues the Apache Nation faces > > On such a basis we could solicit additional "goods" to grow the package: > > - a scholarship fund to enable study in software development > - internships with corporations that are ASF sponsors > > Others among you will have much better ideas than those I have just tossed > into the ring. Please suggest them. > > This approach makes a positive out of what some perceive as a negative, as > we grow a coincidental relationship into one of real value to the people of > the Apache Nation. > > a > -- > Andrew Wetmore > > Editor, Moose House Publications <https://moosehousepress.com/> > Editor-Writer, The Apache Software Foundation <https://apache.org/> >
