Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Sharan Foga
That's great Dinesh. Thanks Sharan On 2019/04/03 05:35:25, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > I have reached out to them seeking clarification. Will let you all know when > I hear back. > > Dinesh > > > On Apr 2, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Sharan Foga wrote: > > > > Hi Aizhamal > > > > The rules are that a

Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Dinesh Joshi
I have reached out to them seeking clarification. Will let you all know when I hear back. Dinesh > On Apr 2, 2019, at 10:33 PM, Sharan Foga wrote: > > Hi Aizhamal > > The rules are that a maximum of 2 technical writers will be allocated per > organisation - and we are asking for the

Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi Aizhamal The rules are that a maximum of 2 technical writers will be allocated per organisation - and we are asking for the maximum. This is a Google constraint not ours. And even though we have asked for 2, if accepted there is also the possibility that we get allocated only 1. My thought

Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Sharan Foga
On 2019/04/03 04:47:24, Maxim Solodovnik wrote: > Hello Dinesh, > > According to > https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/terms/program-rules > 1.13 "*Organization*" means the open source organization that registers for > the Program as an organization. > > I believe this is the ASF >

Fwd: Request for Interview Participants

2019-04-02 Thread Kenneth Knowles
I've seen a couple of threads about this sort of unsolicited email. Is there an easy "what to do" doc my colleagues or I could follow? I am especially perturbed because this went to u...@beam.apache.org. Kenn -- Forwarded message - From: Amber Horvath Date: Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at

Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Dinesh Joshi
I am slightly confused here. I believe each ASF project that wishes to participate can qualify as an organization. If the whole of ASF were to be enrolled as an organization, that would limit the ASF to 1 technical writer. Can someone please clarify what the rules are? Dinesh > On Apr 2,

Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Maxim Solodovnik
If I'm not mistaken rules are: one tech writer - 2 mentors So I doubt all proposals will be covered We have to wisely choose best proposals, and hopefully next year we will get more tech writers On Wed, 3 Apr 2019 at 04:57, Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy wrote: > Hi Sharan, > > We plan to prepare

Re: {Action by April 5] Vote on best time for the D committee discussion call

2019-04-02 Thread William A Rowe Jr
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 7:44 PM Griselda Cuevas wrote: > To the point of no calls... > > How does the board meet and make decisions? That's a very fair question. The board practice is to assemble all of the reports, suggested motions etc days and sometimes weeks before the synchronous meeting.

Re: {Action by April 5] Vote on best time for the D committee discussion call

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
To the point of no calls... How does the board meet and make decisions? On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 5:43 PM Griselda Cuevas wrote: > Sam suggested a call, so that's why I initiated. > > > I think a call will help work out quickly a document we can socialize in > the mailing list. > > > > On Tue, Apr

Re: {Action by April 5] Vote on best time for the D committee discussion call

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
Sam suggested a call, so that's why I initiated. I think a call will help work out quickly a document we can socialize in the mailing list. On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 1:27 PM Jim Jagielski wrote: > Can I recommend instead of a call, using the newly created > mailing list... In general, Apache

Re: ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy
Hi Sharan, We plan to prepare ideas list for at least 2 Apache projects, in particular for Airflow, Beam and possibly Spark. I am sure there are other projects that would like to participate, therefore I’m wondering whether 2 tech writers will be enough? Can we ask for more? I’m happy to chat

ASF Application for Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi All As mentioned the applications for the Google Season of Docs opened today and I'm working my way through it on behalf of the ASF. If accepted, we will be allocated either one or two techical writers. Google will also pay the ASF a stipend of $500 per technical writer mentored (which I

Re: {Action by April 5] Vote on best time for the D committee discussion call

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
Can I recommend instead of a call, using the newly created mailing list... In general, Apache tries to avoid the use of sync communication medium except when absolutely required. I think that esp for such a topic as D, starting the effort off using a method that inherently disenfranchises people

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi Trevor The mentors will need to register separately. I will start a new thread and share the required links. Thanks Sharan On 2019/04/02 19:37:48, Trevor Grant wrote: > We have another volunteer to mentor on Apache SDAP-Incubating > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 12:44 PM

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Sharan Foga
Hi Dinesh I've started on the ASF application and will start a new thread as there are some things that need to be setup. Thanks Sharan On 2019/04/02 17:44:31, "dinesh.jo...@yahoo.com.INVALID" wrote: > They're taking applications now. > Dinesh > > On Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:08:50

{Action by April 5] Vote on best time for the D committee discussion call

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
Hi everyone, Following up the original thread that sparked the creation of a Diversity & Inclusion committee in the ASF [1], I'm coordinating a call/videocall to discuss the proposal details to the board. *Action by April 5th, 2019 @ midnight PST* If you're interested in being part of the

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread Trevor Grant
We have another volunteer to mentor on Apache SDAP-Incubating On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 12:44 PM dinesh.jo...@yahoo.com.INVALID wrote: > They're taking applications now. > Dinesh > > On Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:08:50 AM PDT, > wrote: > > Excellent and thanks Maxim! :-) > > Thanks > Sharan

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Naomi Slater
Craig, I was tempted to ask the same but in reverse re divers...@apache.org. I am wary of dropping the "inclusion" aspect. On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 19:48, Craig Russell wrote: > Before we get locked into this JIRA, could we consider changing its name > to DIVERSITY instead of DI ? > > Craig > > >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Naomi Slater
Outreachy is great and we should add that to a list of things to look into re our efforts, working with them, etc. I met Karen Sandler in person once and she is good people. On Tue, 2 Apr 2019 at 19:56, William A Rowe Jr wrote: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 2:59 PM Mark Thomas wrote: > > > I asked

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread William A Rowe Jr
On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 2:59 PM Mark Thomas wrote: > I asked the D folks at $dayjob for some advice / suggestions and got > back the following: > > 1. Mozilla have been doing some work in this area. It was suggested we > reach out to them to get the benefit of their experience. Anyone have > any

Re: D

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
iirc there were discussions about public lists and their suitability for the kind of changes and audiences involved, positive discrimination, outreach efforts, etc... > On Apr 2, 2019, at 1:21 PM, Griselda Cuevas wrote: > > Any highlights, take aways or tips on what to look for? > > On Tue,

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Craig Russell
Before we get locked into this JIRA, could we consider changing its name to DIVERSITY instead of DI ? Craig > On Apr 2, 2019, at 10:06 AM, Griselda Cuevas wrote: > > @joan - I also get a Pony, I requested the Jira ;) > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 10:03 AM Joan Touzet wrote: > >> >> >> >>

Re: Google Season of Docs 2019

2019-04-02 Thread dinesh.jo...@yahoo.com.INVALID
They're taking applications now. Dinesh On Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:08:50 AM PDT, wrote: Excellent and thanks Maxim! :-) Thanks Sharan On 30. 03. 19 16:45, Maxim Solodovnik wrote: > Hello Sharah > > I can help :) > > On Sat, Mar 30, 2019, 22:33 Sharan Foga wrote: > >> Hi Kenn >>

Re: D

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
Any highlights, take aways or tips on what to look for? On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 9:09 AM Jim Jagielski wrote: > Not sure how many people were around back in the day, > but it would be good to learn whatever can be learned > from the women@ "experiment": > >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
I don't know why I missed Mark's email, it appeared in a different thread in my Gmail. I will take your suggestions Mark and embed them into a proposal in the new Jira board. Thank you!!! This is inspiring, motivating and amazing. On Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 12:59 PM Mark Thomas wrote: > I asked

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
Thank you! On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 10:12 AM Daniel Gruno wrote: > https://lists.apache.org/list.html?divers...@apache.org > > > > On 02/04/2019 12.03, Joan Touzet wrote: > > > > > > > > Daniel wrote: > > > >> Requested, and should be ready within an hour or two. > > > > Thank you! You get a pony!

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Joan Touzet
Griselda Cuevas wrote: > @joan - I also get a Pony, I requested the Jira ;) Of course you do! (Use a monospace font for best rendering...) ,--, _ ___/ /\| ;( )__, ) ; // '--; \ | ^^ -Joan "Caaan do!" Touzet

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Daniel Gruno
https://lists.apache.org/list.html?divers...@apache.org On 02/04/2019 12.03, Joan Touzet wrote: Daniel wrote: Requested, and should be ready within an hour or two. Thank you! You get a pony! -Joan "JFDI" Touzet - To

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
@Sam - let's arrange a date & time. I am on my phone (currently at FlinkForward), but when I get my laptop I'll send a Doodle in a new thread to schedule. Thanks all for chiming in and helping move this forward, all get ponies :) On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 10:06 AM Griselda Cuevas wrote: > @joan - I

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
@joan - I also get a Pony, I requested the Jira ;) On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 10:03 AM Joan Touzet wrote: > > > > Daniel wrote: > > > Requested, and should be ready within an hour or two. > > Thank you! You get a pony! > > -Joan "JFDI" Touzet > >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Joan Touzet
Daniel wrote: > Requested, and should be ready within an hour or two. Thank you! You get a pony! -Joan "JFDI" Touzet - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Sam Ruby
Let's you and I find some time to chat, possibly with ross and others, and we can bring a proposal back to the list. On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 12:44 PM Griselda Cuevas wrote: > +1 to divers...@apache.org > > I want to move forward on creating a president's committee. How do I do > that? > > On Tue,

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 02/04/2019 11.37, Joan Touzet wrote: Daniel Gruno said: On 02/04/2019 11.34, Joan Touzet wrote: Daniel said: On 02/04/2019 11.29, Daniel Gruno wrote: On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan Touzet wrote: Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: Daniel Gruno said: I'd recommend a separate mailing

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Joan Touzet
Daniel Gruno said: > On 02/04/2019 11.34, Joan Touzet wrote: > > Daniel said: > >> On 02/04/2019 11.29, Daniel Gruno wrote: > >>> On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan Touzet wrote: > Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: > > Daniel Gruno said: > > I'd recommend a separate mailing

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
+1 to divers...@apache.org I want to move forward on creating a president's committee. How do I do that? On Tue, Apr 2, 2019, 9:36 AM Daniel Gruno wrote: > On 02/04/2019 11.34, Joan Touzet wrote: > > Daniel said: > >> On 02/04/2019 11.29, Daniel Gruno wrote: > >>> On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 02/04/2019 11.34, Joan Touzet wrote: Daniel said: On 02/04/2019 11.29, Daniel Gruno wrote: On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan Touzet wrote: Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: Daniel Gruno said: I'd recommend a separate mailing list (to provide focus) and a JIRA, perhaps some place to put

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Joan Touzet
Daniel said: > On 02/04/2019 11.29, Daniel Gruno wrote: > > On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan Touzet wrote: > >> Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: > >> > >> Daniel Gruno said: > >>> I'd recommend a separate mailing list (to provide focus) and a > >>> JIRA, > >>> perhaps some place to put

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 02/04/2019 11.29, Daniel Gruno wrote: On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan Touzet wrote: Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: Daniel Gruno said: I'd recommend a separate mailing list (to provide focus) and a JIRA, perhaps some place to put documents (either within the comdev svn area, or

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:39 PM Griselda Cuevas wrote: > ...this rationale still treats the effort to embrace the need for a > Diversity and Inclusion strategy as a proof of concept, expecting it will > die... FWIW that's not my angle. I was just trying to keep things simple, and small reversible

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 02/04/2019 11.26, Joan Touzet wrote: Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: Daniel Gruno said: I'd recommend a separate mailing list (to provide focus) and a JIRA, perhaps some place to put documents (either within the comdev svn area, or somewhere else if spun off), and then...just get

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
> On Apr 2, 2019, at 12:11 PM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > > > The specific organizational structure does indeed seem like a moot topic. > What matters is that wherever this take place, the group is given *space and > freedom* to get some work done. I'd be fine with it being within ComDev, I'd >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Joan Touzet
Trying to cut through the bikeshedding: Daniel Gruno said: > I'd recommend a separate mailing list (to provide focus) and a JIRA, > perhaps some place to put documents (either within the comdev svn > area, > or somewhere else if spun off), and then...just get to work :) This is what Griselda

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Naomi Slater
what I liked about Mark's proposal for a VP D is that it sets a very clear top-down message that the Board is taking this matter seriously and that ongoing monthly reports are something we are committing to I think that is diluted somewhat in both intent and impact if this is "relegated" to a

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 02/04/2019 10.57, Jim Jagielski wrote: I don't think anyone expects it to die, but rather that D be one of the core aspects of community development and not an effort, in and of itself. If it reaches critical mass and warrants being spun out (due to clear division of tasks between D and

D

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
Not sure how many people were around back in the day, but it would be good to learn whatever can be learned from the women@ "experiment": https://lists.apache.org/list.html?wo...@apache.org Cheers! - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Rich Bowen
Ah. Ok. That's fair. I retract my comment. I was seeing going the full top-level committee thing as being a bureaucratic stumbling block, and not in this light. I have no strong preference one way or the other and merely wanted to remove obstacles. Your reasoning is compelling and right. Go for

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
I don't think anyone expects it to die, but rather that D be one of the core aspects of community development and not an effort, in and of itself. If it reaches critical mass and warrants being spun out (due to clear division of tasks between D and ComDev) then I think everyone would support that.

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Dave Fisher
Top-post: Couldn’t this be made a President’s committee now and the board can chat about it elsewhere until the next board meeting in a few weeks? The board could even defer until there are Policy recommendations. (I’m not excited about reading yet another passionate Jim/Sam debate about

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Patricia Shanahan
On 4/2/2019 8:12 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ... It's just that the comdev PMC is responsible for oversight and reporting on those new initiatives, and it keeps things simple for now. That is exactly what troubles me about making the new initiative part of ComDev. There seems to me to be

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Griselda Cuevas
I agree with Sam that if we do not formalize this as a committee it will die. I understand and acknowledge the reasons why this being part of ComDev makes sense: simplicity and agility to get off the ground. However, this rationale still treats the effort to embrace the need for a Diversity and

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 4:57 PM Sam Ruby wrote: > ...My feeling is that it will die here... IIUC what's been proposed so far is a new mailing list and issue tracker. Both can very well be owned by comdev and that shouldn't limit progress in any way. It's just that the comdev PMC is responsible

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 10:48 AM Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:53 PM Rich Bowen wrote: > > ...In the spirit of small reversible steps, starting as a ComDev > > initiative, and then, if needed, graduating to its own entity later?... > > Good point, that's what I was

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:53 PM Rich Bowen wrote: > ...In the spirit of small reversible steps, starting as a ComDev > initiative, and then, if needed, graduating to its own entity later?... Good point, that's what I was trying to say, but better said ;-) -Bertrand

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
> On Apr 2, 2019, at 9:53 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > > On 4/2/19 7:05 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: >> Does it need to be its own entity? Why can't this be a task/effort under >> ComDev's control/charter? It certainly seems to fit under the >> concept of comdev and the people are already here...

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Rich Bowen
On 4/2/19 7:05 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > Does it need to be its own entity? Why can't this be a task/effort under > ComDev's control/charter? It certainly seems to fit under the > concept of comdev and the people are already here... In the spirit of small reversible steps, starting as a

Re: Apache Maturity Model Consensus Building contradicts Incubator rules?

2019-04-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Chris, On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 1:43 PM Christofer Dutz wrote: > ...CS40 - In Apache projects, vetoes are only valid for code commits and are > justified > by a technical explanation, as per the Apache voting rules defined in CS30 I wrote that bit as that was my understanding until very

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Sam, On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 1:25 PM Sam Ruby wrote: > ...My recommendation at this time is that it becomes a committee,.. > There are early talks about this group having a budget and hiring a > vendor. The organizational structure chosen should be one that > enables that... Ok, let's wait

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
IMO, this sounds like a cmmt that will defining and implementing policy... which is a board prerogative. My pref would be, if this really does need to be outside of ComDev, it be a board cmmt > On Apr 2, 2019, at 7:25 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:32 AM Bertrand Delacretaz >

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 3:32 AM Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > > We've had problems in the past with lists becoming orphaned after some > time because they didn't clearly belong to one of our PMCs. My recommendation at this time is that it becomes a committee, complete with requirements to produce

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
Does it need to be its own entity? Why can't this be a task/effort under ComDev's control/charter? It certainly seems to fit under the concept of comdev and the people are already here... > On Apr 1, 2019, at 6:31 PM, Griselda Cuevas wrote: > > Another update. > > I'm writing the note to

Re: on "meritocracy"

2019-04-02 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi, On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 12:13 AM Sam Ruby wrote: > ...What would you like for the name of the list? divers...@apache.org? > da...@pache.org? d...@apache.org? If you pick a name, you can request > this yourself... We've had problems in the past with lists becoming orphaned after some time