I don't see the committer affiliation information as useful to the project except perhaps as indirect Powered-by marketing. That's actually had if comically out of date. It's certainly not useful or operative for project governance.
> On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:42 AM, Enis Söztutar <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is on each individual committer to keep that up to date. But as people > move on, and stop being active more, it is easily forgotten. I am fine with > removing the affiliates since the usability is questionable. > > Enis > >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Misty Stanley-Jones >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> As a matter of policy, is it worth discussing the policy of listing >>> individual company affiliations in this context, since they often go out >> of >>> date? I think I understand (politically) why we list them, but it does >> seem >>> like a weak point from a maintenance and accuracy point of view. >> >> The impression I get from the current ASF Board is that they'd love it >> if we didn't list them at all. I don't have a strong personal >> attachment to publicly declaring the sponsor of my non-ASF-hat; I'm >> sure folks can find me on LinkedIn. >>
