> 1. Creation of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is an aimed mailinglist > for the readers of the apache newsletter. -- issued bi-monthly (This > should depend upon the Editors' decisions, however) > 2. When "The Apache Newsletter Issue #X" released (on the web), > the Editor can post to announce@apache.org about the "release" > of the newsletter. This would be expected to contain the brief > headlines of the newsletter. (As Noel mentioned) > 3. The Editor would be expected to post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "a few days after" the announcement at announce@apache.org > 4. (OPTIONAL) There are many Java Developers who want to catch > up with what is going on @ apache, so editor would be expected > to post to announcements@jakarta.apache.org about the release > of the newsletter as well (#2).
The ASF mainly creates software that is aimed at "web" markets. Email is a very useful tool that we employ a lot, to great benefit. I'd question whether we actually need the newsletter@ mailing list. Surely the correct place for the newsletter is on the apache.org site, with links being posted to all relelvant places, including - the announce@ mailing list - front page of apache.org - slashdot Basically I se the job as "editor" of the newsletter as being the person who does what you've been doing, soliciting content, compiling the newsletter and then making it available, exactly as you've been doing! That said, I see no reason why the full content should need to be posted via email, though if people *really* want to get 37k emails then we can make that available. The newsletter, IMHO, should be a web based project (which seems 100% in keeping with the ASF) and the way it's announced should reflect this. It's worth pausing to consider that this whole episode has become blown out of all proportion. The newsletter is a tool, one of the many that can prove useful in uniting the community. It's sad that you feel your efforts have been ignored or critisised - they haven't been - but being a member of a community is not only about giving, it's also about taking. When the discussion of announcing the newsletter was held last time (on this very list) the community may have reasonably expected that you (as a member of that community) would have listened and reacted to the sentiments expressed. We're not all native english speakers, nor do we all come from the same cultural background. This gives our community a great range and breadth, but it also means that we all have to work at making the community work. There will inevitably be "bumps" in the road - how we react, learn and grow from them is what's ultimately important. You say you want to step down as editor of the newsletter - well I'd suggest that you step back, take a few days off and then reconsider. We're all guilty of giving 110% of ourselves to the ASF on a regular basis and at times we sacrifice too much of our sanity, sleep and self to it. After such a period it's easy to over react and take things out of proportion, so please take a few days and reconsider. david --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
