Thanks David. Susan
--- "David W. Van Couvering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You're right Susan, thanks. I'd be happy to volunteer for this role. > > David > > Susan Cline wrote: > > --- "David W. Van Couvering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Hi, all. It is possible that Google will want to do another Summer of > >>Code this year. Google pays students to join open source communities as > >>interns for the summer. While Google uses this as an opportunity to > >>identify the best and brightest up-and-coming coders, it is also a > >>useful opportunity for open source projects to get issues addressed, new > >>avenues explored and bugs fixed - and potentially to recruit new > >>community members and gain a raised public profile. > >> > >>It would be great if Apache Derby could participate in this. > > > > > > I think this is a great idea, and I hope we participate in it. > > > > [ snip ] > > > > > >>What I'd like to suggest is the following: > >> > >>- Who would like to be the contact point? I am thinking Jean Anderson, > >>as our community liason extraordinaire. > > > > > > Instead of suggesting who might be appropriate for this, how about if we > > ask for a volunteer, instead? Jean may be willing to take this on, but > > I think in the spirit of "scratching your own itch" it's feels better > > to volunteer for a task without feeling like it may have been assigned to > > you. > > > > Susan >
