Hi Ross, I think there is a typo in http://community.apache.org/. Under "Event organisers and speakers", there is a "[...] will fined our speakers section useful.".
I'm new to Apache community and liked the new structure of the site :) Cheers, Bruno --- Em ter, 17/5/11, Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> escreveu: > De: Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> > Assunto: Re: Apache project guidelines docs += independence? > Para: dev@community.apache.org > Data: Terça-feira, 17 de Maio de 2011, 20:24 > On 17/05/2011 14:08, Ross Gardler > wrote: > > On 16/05/2011 17:36, Shane Curcuru wrote: > >> A number of different issues recently about > commercial influence in our > >> projects have had me thinking about the importance > that Apache projects > >> are managed independently. Since this isn't > explicitly stated in the > >> obvious places, I wrote a little essay for my > personal blog: > >> > >> http://communityovercode.com/2011/05/apache-projects-are-independent/ > >> > >> Comments? I think as the ASF grows up, and as some > of our projects are > >> on the way to scoring mega stardom, it's important > to ensure both that > >> our projects can continue to manage themselves > independently, but also > >> to *explain* to the world that this is important > to us, and why. > >> > >> Do people like this? Where would be a good place > to put it in /dev or > >> the community site as a requirement for Apache > projects? > > I've now restructured the site as described below. I'd > therefore say > that this content should go under "committers" but be > linked from both > the contributors index page [1] and the committers index > page [2]. > > Ross > > [1] http://community.apache.org/contributors/index.html > [2] http://community.apache.org/committers/index.html > > > > > Yes, I like it and it seems others do too. I propose > adding a section > > that says. > > > > I propose changing the "Starting Points" section of > the homepage to just > > have the following entry points: > > > > * Newcomers > > * Contributors > > * Committers > > * Event organisers and speakers > > > > These will lead to index pages with info such as: > > > > Newcomers: > > mentoring programme > > newbie faq > > local mentors > > > > Contributors > > independence > > Apache Way > > foundation > > > > Committers > > Independence > > Being a mentor > > > > Event organisers and speakers > > Local speaker app > > Slidedecks > > Concom > > > > of course others are welcome to start work on this, or > similar) > > > > Ross > >
