ARCHIVAL NOTE ONLY as at 8 weeks since inception of this proposal -- Prototyping of a wo...@a.o is commencing care of the email address and infrastructure of wo...@aporia-works.org by way of an instantiation of womAn@<any>.<organisation>, of which a wo...@apache.org may - or may not - become a next in due course.
For the purposes of prototyping, possibly relevant instances of the following terms may be flagged for further reflection during the ordinary course of both online and offline interaction across all communities within which wo...@aporia-works.org endeavours to participate: (a) "openess" to "open community" (b) "consent" during "consensus process" (c) "meriting" of "meritocracy" In particular, with regards possible issues of gender balancing, wo...@aporia-works.org will begin by proptotyping a variation of the Imitation Game introduced during Alan Turing's seminal paper on "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" [1] In due homage, and on occassion of the 60th anniversary of its original publication in October 1950, wo...@a.o returns to the game of whether or not a man (A) can imitate a woman (B) enough to fool an interrogator (C) that A is B, and therefore B must be A. Note that this game may or may not be significantly different from the Turing test of whether or not a machine can be substituted for A, and a man for B, all other things being equal. The email address and infrastructure of wo...@aporia-works.org will therefore be populated by both one "man" (A) and/or one "woman" (B) for at least one calendar month commencing 1 Oct 2010, if not for longer. This prototyping exercise may or may not turn out to be relevant to the flagging of possibly relevant instances of the terms (a), (b), and (c) above. For the purposes of cross-reaching between the communities within which wo...@aporia-works.org is endeavouring to participate, this prototype will begin by attempting to respond to the poll "Why Women Matter - Diversity Summit" [2] with a view to cross-referencing this archival note - in situ - accordingly. At any event, here's kindly acknowledging all feedback and comments received both publicly and privately to date, and looking forward to a next round - whenever, whatever :-) [1] http://loebner.net/Prizef/TuringArticle.html [2] http://owf-ged-poll.limequery.com/index.php On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Anjana G Bhattacharjee < a.g.bhattachar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 20100722 / APORIA WORK / XIIX > > PROPOSAL SUMMARY > > Previously at Apache, we have had a list named "wo...@a.o" that both men > and women have posted and subscribed to at varying degrees of overt > participation. > > Now, personally would like to propose having a single email address, to be > named "wo...@apache.org" that can be used by both men and women to make a > post. > > This email address would ostensibly be assigned to one person, e.g. me, to > start with, and once a working technical specification has been agreed, if > possible, all other persons would be able to invoke use of it in any > situation where he/she/they sees fit and/or where he/she/they may find it > preferable to disclosing their usual email address at the time of use, > albeit in good faith. > > All posts that use this facility, subject to technical feasibility, can > then be queried in digest form and reviewed periodically together with > access to a limited context for each instance of use in order to be able to > gauge its usefulness, mysteriousness, and/or otherwise for any reason > whatsoever, as the case may turn out to be. > > PROPOSAL FEATURES AND BENEFITS (1-18) > > 1. The Prime Mover, e.g. me, is assigned the wo...@a.o as their email > address. > 2. The email address can then be used by any list member to post to any > list to which he/she/they may be subscribed as a current list member, by > way > of an alternative option to using their usual - and known - subscriber's > email address, as if to be wearing the wo...@a.o hat so to speak, for > that specific instance of use. > 3. The Prime Mover can only verify their own posts, and so all other > posts appearing on lists bearing the email address wo...@a.o are > anonymous to the Prime Mover. Similarly, any other person using this email > address can only verify their own posts, and in this sense, it may be > advisable for persons to keep a personal archive of their posts should > questions of validity arise in due course, albeit this is not compulsory. > 4. Any person can request a digest of all instances of use of the email > address wo...@a.o in limited context for the lists for which > he/she/they are legitimately subscribed to only. For example, the Prime > Mover, e.g. me, may not be able to request a digest for private lists in > the > event that subscription approval is pending. As such, it is encouraged that > each list learn to collaboratively digest their own digests, so that the > Prime Mover can move on in due course. > 5. When an incident arises that may be of possible note in the public > interest, the matter may be suggested as a possible topic for discussion on > the d...@community.a.o list, or any other such list that may be set up > to accommodate such "womAn"-specific discussion should this be preferred. > 6. The Prime Mover may offer summary observations at periodic intervals > to the designated discussion list, at his/her/their sole discretion. > 7. As the use of the email address wo...@a.o becomes a trusted option > for those persons that find uses for it, in whatever way, shape, or form, > this inventive code-of-practice may be considered for productization. > 8. As a possible product, implementing a wo...@a.n.other facility (as > distinct from a service) could pave the way for fee-based consultancy > services. Demand for consultancy is initially directed toward the Prime > Mover in order to pull together a relevant team at his/her/their > discretion. > This is where a person who has been actively using the wo...@a.ofacility > may wish to verify his/her/their role in specific instances in > order to validate his/her/their portfolio of experiences when offering to > join the team of consultants that then get employed externally. > 9. 10% of any income generated by providing the impetus for any such > derivative employment, if any, will be held in a common wo...@a.o Trust > Fund (WTF). > 10. The cash accrued in the WTF, to the aporia-alogoritmic sum of X, > will first be used as prize monies for an inaugral mixed-match Golf > tournament to be offered as a BarCamp activity during the Vancover 2011 > meeting, with competitions designed for both proficient players and > non-players alike [2], in order to celebrate the diversity of inclusive > forms of valuing participation which in turn can serve to widen forms of > participating in our meritocracy, perhaps. > 11. Each team entering the wo...@a.o Golf Tournament (WGT) pays a blind > donation based on his/her/their ability to pay. For example, Labs [3] may > enter a team which is sponsored by Labs for which Labs collectively > attracts > external sponsorship in addition which they collectively donate as a group, > or alternatively, Labs may prefer that individuals from Labs donate > individually as per their underlying work ethic perhaps, all other things > being equal. Friends/family/guests may also be invited by team members to > play on their team, and/or support their team by caddying/spectating/whatev > - i.e. the point is not so much to compete, but to play at our leisure. > 12. Any monies raised by the variable fees in total is donated to the > On Course Foundation [1]. > 13. Any monies that have been generated through the merchandising of > the wo...@a.o brand up to and including the day of the WGT, if any, is > also donated to the On Course Foundation on this inaugral occasion. > 14. wo...@a.n.other company merchandising may be granted under licence > to clients of any derivative consultancy services with any monies accruing > to the WTF, if any. > 15. If the WTF continues to grow beyond the inaugral WGF in Vancouver > 2011, then as soon as the surplus funds reach the aporia-algorithmic sum of > X, payment of X will be made to the Prime Mover, i.e. me, for the > origination of this idea. If the funds continue to grow beyond the sum of > X, > as soon as it has reached a sum of X again, this may be divided into 10 > equal shares to be distributed amongst the 10 trustees of the WTF. Nine > founding trusteeships of the WTF will initially be offered to all those who > posted a vote with regards to wo...@a.o's previous incarnation as the > wo...@a.o list, plus a tenth to be offered by way of Honorary Chair to > Denise (as is the Prime Mover's, i.e. my own, preference with all due > respect) > 16. Beyond such one off payments being made, primarily for the purposes > of demonstrating the aporia-algorithmic sum of X in practice, the WTF can > be > used for a next round of iterative development if needs be. > 17. Alternatively and/or additionally, the proposed integration of > wo...@a.o into an Apache code of practice may be deemed a success for > all Apache intents and purposes and the wo...@a.o project is archived > for open educational purposes, together with any documentation generated by > any derivative employment undertaken subject to client agreement. In this > sense, it is anticipated that the technical aspects of implementing a > wo...@a.n.other client may necessarily require a bespoke implementation > confidential to the clients own email system in some cases. However, it may > be that some technical aspects of the wo...@a.o orginal may be > packageable into a FLOSS offering in the first instance. In the second > instance, clients that wish to go it alone based on the possible richness > of > their own existing codes of practices would be encouraged to do so, with > possible scholarly peer review services rather than a full set of > consultancy services being offered as a more affordable alternative in due > course, albeit this may not be available from the outset whilst capacity > building for such possible service provision remains in scholarly > incubation. > 18. Irrespective of whether or not the wo...@a.o facility can be > productized at any stage, it is hoped that our inaugral wo...@a.o Golf > Tournament can become a growing annual and inclusive offering, at least > until 2016 when Golf is due to feature as an Olympic sport for the first > time. As such, it is hoped that our efforts at understanding possibly > different inclusive codes of practice, as against otherwise exclusive > codes, > can continue to deepen, not only across genders, but also across > generations, cultures, and the differently-abled living beings that we > might > happen to be. Further, it is hoped that our interaction with the On Course > Foundation can inspire its membership to be open to including all > nationalities without borders, i.e. not just across the UK and US as at > present, at pace with our own efforts, if not faster, in the full spirit of > free as in liberty, not just free as in beer. > > [1] http://www.oncoursefoundation.com/ > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations_of_golf > [3] labs.apache.org > > All rights are reserved generally > > > > > > > >
