Welcome Anthony! In terms of Slack - you should receive an invitation very soon, so you’ll not be outside anymore - sorry for that. At the beginning Slack Milagro channel purpose was to discuss our internal Miracl engagement and that is why it was not public.
I get your point with archive which is not accessible for ASF - maybe we can raise a discussion here about using a Slack in future? Regards Tom > On 5 Apr 2016, at 23:23, anthony shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Nick, > > I was going to ask, where the discussions are happening? I saw a note > about Slack. Slack is not appropriate as a form of community > discussion as: > 1) The current Slack system that is linked on the website is only > available to MIRACL employees! https://milagro.slack.com/signup > 2) All discussion should be part of a public archive- > http://apache.org/foundation/public-archives.html Slack message > history is proprietary to Slack, the ASF and the community get no > visibility. > > I think I'm the only one on the PPMC that isn't a MIRACL employee and > it very much feels like I'm on the outside at the moment, I'd like to > contribute but not really sure where to start. > > Regards > Anthony > > P.S. If anyone is at ApacheCon next month, send me an email > [email protected] and I'd like to catch up and say hi. > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Peter Scanlon <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hello Nick. >> >> Thanks for the note. My focus is on communication and branding. Please >> LMK anytime you see a violation of the correct Apache trademark use. >> >> We will endeavor to always follow the examples you've identified below, and >> may resort to shorthand 'MILAGRO' within a paragraph or description for the >> purpose of simplification. >> >> Thank you >> Peter Scanlon, CMO >> MIRACL >> >> >>> On 05 Apr 2016, at 13:53, Nick Kew <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Folks, >>> >>> If we're to become an Apache project, we need to start >>> working like one. Most importantly right now, it means >>> all that we do needs to be on-record at Apache. That >>> record includes Jira and Git repos, but the primary >>> focus is this mailinglist. Can we please start to >>> get into the habit of using it? >>> >>> We've been stalled over importing git repos to Apache. >>> About the time the Miracl software grant was submitted, >>> I was asked off-list to delay importing until some names >>> had been changed to avoid possible collisions with >>> Miracl's intellectual property. I've been rather out >>> of action, but I should've kept track of the progress >>> of that. Are we in fact all ready to go now? >>> >>> Finally, also based on off-list interaction, I should >>> once again emphasize the importance of due regard for >>> the Apache trademark. The project cannot be described >>> as "Apache Milagro" until it graduates from the incubator. >>> Variants like "Apache Milagro (incubating)", or >>> "The Milagro project, currently in incubation at Apache" >>> are fine. >>> >>> -- >>> Nick Kew
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