To lay down the frame of the discussion I would like to remind everyone of http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html
Cos On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 05:25PM, Sean Mackrory wrote: > All, > > I have been asked by multiple members of the PMC to restart a discussion on > this mailing list that has been getting discussed on the private mailing > list. I will simply start by stating my own take on the issue, as I do not > want to misrepresent or overrepresent anyone else's views as already shared > on that private mailing list. I would encourage those that already posted > in the previous thread to re-share their input themselves. > > A member of the community raised concern about some tweets that were made > on Twitter through the handle @ASFbigtop about other organizations. It is > clear from the discussion that some tweets from that account do not > represent consensus among the Bigtop PMC. In my view, some of the tweets on > that account have been factually incorrect, overly biased by the author's > own affiliations and opinions, and they are harmful to the community. There > is understandable disagreement about how to decide what should be tweeted > in the name of the project in the future as drawing a line here is hard and > none of us want bureaucracy for it's own sake. However I believe that given > discussion so far, the burden to justify future tweets lies with the person > or people who will make them. In general, I believe a Twitter account that > bears the name of the project needs to be focused entirely on building > community and advancing the project, and should not be controlled unchecked > by a single individual or even just a portion of the community. There are > certainly exceptions, but I would say that for the most part sarcasm, > criticism and negativity has no place on that account, especially when it > is so far from being a consensus of the entire community. > > For the sake of full disclosure regarding which "hat" I'm wearing - I am > employed by one of the organizations that have been criticized, however I > believe my comments are consistent with the principles that should underly > an Apache community. I don't believe any of us can completely remove our > own biases, but that is precisely why I think the tweets that have been > discussed belong on personal accounts - so that even tweets that are > considered factual by the author are understood in the context of who that > author is. I would love for the project to have an active Twitter presence > to congratulate contributors, interact with users, and advance the project. > I have full respect for any member of this community who agrees or voices > criticism of organizations with whom they disagree - I just don't think it > belongs on the project's Twitter handle, and it certainly doesn't belong > there when it doesn't really represent the project.
