On Mon, Jul 8, 2019 at 1:19 PM Kevin A. McGrail <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 7/8/2019 1:12 PM, Sam Ruby wrote:
> >> re: pmcs/simple alias, from discussions in years, [email protected] was
> >> considered a restricted email address that needed to meet pretty express
> >> requirements to email.  I'm pretty sure we need at least coordination to
> >> use it.
> > Indeed: it should, in fact, be the Coordinator (as Outreachy defines
> > that role, minus the fundraising aspects as I noted previously) that
> > sends the message.  Until one is appointed by the ASF, the person to
> > send the message should be Gris.
> >
> > Yes, [email protected] should not be abused.  It would be counter-productive to
> > have a number of people helping by sending email to that alias.
>
> Sorry to email again on this topic.  You are focusing on the who sends
> the email for the committee.  That's not my point and I think your tact
> for soliciting for Outreachy Organizer role makes sense.
>
> However, even after the committee coordinates the content and defines
> who sends the email (which the coordinator sounds good), there have been
> restrictions on using [email protected].  I'm not sure who owns or approves
> content sent to the alias but what I'm saying is we should coordinate
> that and find out more.  Who approves it or does it just send to all the
> private@ PMC addresses which will trigger their moderation?  Does it
> include the incubator, etc?  Anyone know who we can ask more information?

David and I can handle the approval, moderation, etc.

As to the remainder of your question(s): lets defer that until we have
a message to be sent and an understanding as to how we are going to
organize this effort.

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

- Sam Ruby

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