I am personally checking the tos and doing a review to advise on the use of the software in question. The software is limesurvey in a saas model controlled by us.
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019, 21:49 Niclas Hedhman <[email protected]> wrote: > I object to uploading our email database to third-party. That is > effectively "selling email addresses" at $0 and something we should avoid. > > If "survey software" is something that we run on ASF hardware and can > guarantee doesn't forward this elsewhere, then I withdraw the objection. > > Thanks > Niclas > > On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 2:00 AM Griselda Cuevas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the feedback everyone, we're evaluating the best alternative > to > > reach the most committers and contributors. > > > > Kevin is helping us determine if we can do a direct upload of apache.org > > email addresses to the survey software directly. If we determine this is > a > > safe procedure, we'll do that instead of the email to committers@ > > > > We will still send a note to pmcs@ asking them to share a link to the > > survey with their mailing lists. The message will be different, so I > > wouldn't worry about duplication or spam. > > > > I will also work with Sally to write any comms. > > > > G > > > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 at 08:04, William A Rowe Jr <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 6:10 PM Patricia Shanahan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > One danger that I don't know how to solve: In trying to reach as many > > > > people as possible you will bombard many of us with multiple e-mails. > > > > > > > > > Undoubtedly, but like many here, I'll end up seeing only one message. > > > > > > > > > > I am subscribed to [email protected], members@, committers@, two PMC > > > > private lists, and the corresponding dev@lists. I'm going to get > > about 7 > > > > copies, and some people are subscribed to a lot more than 2 projects. > > > > > > > > > > As a suggestion, committers@ are direct emails, which should entirely > > > overlap > > > the subset of everyone subscribed to members@ and private@ (therefore > > > including the pmcs@ superset), and those members@ and private@ lists > > > do not add value if the entire committers@ base will be solicited. So > > > let's > > > please not duplicate. > > > > > > Worried someone is filtering their committers@ traffic? Do we want to > > > include other /active/ contributors who are not yet committers? Then > > > it seems the dev@ lists are the most effective way to add people. But > > > it might improve the situation if the initial committers@ appeal does > > > include some text like the following; > > > > > > > This survey seeks the input of any Apache "contributor", even those > > > > who are not committers. We seek your help to extend this invitation > > > > with those who have contributed in some way to the projects you > > > > participate in, or perhaps share with your communities' dev@ or > > > > users@ list. > > > > > > For the message to come from a respected member of the project > > > means that even though people will see multiple copies, these direct > > > appeals will probably encourage more participation, especially by > > > external contributors, but also perhaps by committers. > > > > > > > > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > http://polygene.apache.org - New Energy for Java >
