On 6/30/2019 12:59 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> I would prefer individual "Does this intern need a build-capable
> laptop?" to a poll. The problem with a poll is that if most interns
> either have good internet access at their dorm or safe travel from
> college to dorm, a poll will say laptop-as-terminal is fine, and that
> will exclude some people.
>
> For GSOC excluding outliers may not be that much of a problem. It
> seems worse to me when the main objective is diversity and inclusion. 

Well the more I think about it, there is no budget for the ASF to
provide *any* laptops so the whole discussion is a bit of a waste of
time right now.

-- 
Kevin A. McGrail
Member, Apache Software Foundation
Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171

Reply via email to