Hang on a minute. Kevin, you officially joined Fundraising 2 years ago, OK.
Whilst there wasn't much activity on-list over the past few years, this was a committee that actually started in 2003, as part of the PRC activity (dovetailed fundraising, press, and trademark activities). fundraising@ launched in ~2005, possibly earlier. Archives go that far back. When Fundraising spun out in earnest (the PRC split early 2010), we branched out our functions to three mailing lists https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d3dd13e2232f16b8a25ad97abc45652684041346f37eb5b2dd99e79e@1268226731@%3Cprc.apache.org%3E So yes, there may not have been much activity on the fundraising@ and fundraising-private@ lists in the years prior to your arrival, there have always been people on the list and working on greater Fundraising initiatives since its formation, and ASF Sponsorship since establishing the program in 2006. Please, whilst your personal experience may feel otherwise, let's not engage in revisionist history. Yes, Fundraising has operated differently in the past couple of years than it has in years --and much of that has been influenced by it's Vice President-- but it doesn't mean that nothing existed prior to your arrival. I feel it's important to clarify this because I respect you and all our past Vice Presidents --Hadrian Zbarcea, Upayavira Malcolm Holmes, and Serge Knystautas-- as well as Daniel Ruggeri as current VP, and those before them, during the PRC: Brian Fitzpatrick, Jim Jagielski, Justin Erenkrantz, Sander Striker, and many other unrecognized, under-appreciated volunteers, going back to Chuck Murko, who helped launched the Treasury. History is important. Only moving forward without knowing where we came from escalates our risk of tripping up. Kind regards, Sally - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | s...@apache.org On Sat, Feb 2, 2019, at 13:14, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: > On 2/2/2019 1:00 PM, Tom Pappas wrote: > > Kevin here is the disconnect. You noted in your previous email “to > > light a fire under the committee”, which infers one exists. My > > earlier note saying I had not heard of one which is accurate one does > > not currently exist. You with your cut and paste below proves that > > out with the stated “setup” of a committee. So to be clear I was > > noting one does not exist and that is accurate. Hope this clears up > > any confusion on this matter so we can put that to rest and move on to > > more pressing issues. > > Agreed. Please read my statement as light a fire under getting a > committee established and then moving. But to be clear, I view the > finance committee as existing now with a member of 1. Just like when I > started with fundraising. As long as you are a President's committee, > all you need is Sam's blessing and you can spread your wings a bit to > get things moving. There are certain shackles we know about like the > endowment that the board has preempted from anyone else at the current > time. > > Regards, > KAM > > -- > Kevin A. McGrail > VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: fundraising-unsubscr...@apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: fundraising-h...@apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
