Sally,
On 18 January 2012 22:11, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, Louis -- not ignoring you; have been offsite for most of the day. Actually, not a problem. I knew when I posted my first of several messages late last night that it was way, way too late. But I had waited for ASF to do something obvious on its own behalf, and when it didn't--and when no one on the A OO list did, either--I thought at the least I'd raise the issue, conscious of its belatedness; indeed, that was part of the point, and I should hope that for the next time (and there will be no end of next times) we can act before not after it's too late. > > Usually we (ASF Marketing & Publicity) need more than same-day notice to > coordinate such efforts. > > I know there's been discussion about this on the Membership side as well, > but the consensus (thus far) is to not black out *.apache.org, as was > suggested. No further action has been decided upon, IIRC. Evidently. > > Let's also keep in mind that the ASF Infrastructure team need to be kept > abreast of any decisions/proposals here as well, as they're the ones capable > of pulling the trigger on the site. I am conscious of these things. So. Let's imagine that I want to get ASF to do something reflecting the will of at least one of its podlings. As was pointed out, we here can put up a demonstration. But how would I go about persuading the ASF directorate? And is there any kind of apparatus (political, technical) that would even allow for the entire domain to reflect a banner message? (I'd assume, yes, but one never knows.) Thanks louis > > Thanks, > Sally > > = = = = = > Boston +1 617 921 8656 > London +44 (0) 20 3239 9686 > skype sallykhudairi > > ________________________________ > From: Louis Suárez-Potts <[email protected]> > To: "ooo-dev@incubator" <[email protected]>; ASF Marketing & > Marketing & Publicity <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 11:05 > Subject: 18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner > > All, > Proposal: > > 1. Let's vote on supporting those who have protested the proposed US > bills supposed to combat piracy but actually doing a lot more than > that and none of it good. These two proposals: SOPA and PIPA. > Wikipedia has a fair account: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act > > 2. I would propose we post on the Apache OpenOffice podling site this > language, for remainder of the day, to be taken down at the onset of > 19 January 2012 GMT. > > > ** The Apache OpenOffice Podling members support those who have > darkened their Web sites as a unified gesture to protect the freedoms > of the Internet and stop misguided legislation that would threaten > them. ** > > > I would propose further that we have the text white on a black banner > at the top of every podling page. > > Please vote as soon as you can, as obviously time is of the essence. > > thanks > louis > > PS I'm cc'ing the ASF marketing and publicity list. Quite possible > that Apache will say no, if so, that's fine. Better we act as a body > together. But I would also suggest that ASF take the lead here and > issue a statement, if they have not done so already. > >
