On 16/03/2010, at 10:15 PM, David E Jones wrote: > > On Mar 16, 2010, at 10:08 PM, Scott Gray wrote: > >> On 16/03/2010, at 9:44 PM, David E Jones wrote: >> >>> >>> On Mar 16, 2010, at 7:18 PM, Scott Gray wrote: >>> >>>> On 16/03/2010, at 6:58 PM, David E Jones wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 16, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Scott Gray wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 16/03/2010, at 6:39 PM, David E Jones wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'll admit I empathize with what Sharan is expressing here. It's hard >>>>>>> to do stuff, or know how to do stuff and what to do, when there are a >>>>>>> bunch of people responding with implied policies or with vetoes for >>>>>>> this and that. >>>>>> >>>>>> Well let's document it so everyone knows what the community policy is. >>>>>> Please feel free to comment on the guidelines I proposed elsewhere in >>>>>> this thread. >>>>>> >>>>>> You've quite clearly stepped away from taking an administrative position >>>>>> within the community and it would be nice if we didn't spend too much >>>>>> time criticizing people who are trying to help fill that void. >>>>> >>>>> Oh, is that what's happening? I guess I missed that... I didn't even >>>>> realize there was an administrative void. Maybe it goes further than >>>>> that... when I was the PMC Chair maybe a lot of stuff went on that needed >>>>> more "administration" when I didn't think any interference was necessary. >>>>> Or, maybe that has nothing to do with the PMC Chair role anyway... >>>> >>>> These front page issues are ones that I haven't seen the community have to >>>> deal with before so I have no idea how you might have dealt with it back >>>> when you were more involved. I wasn't referring to the PMC Chair position >>>> as such, more so the general guidance that you used to provide on all >>>> things OFBiz and the weight that such guidance carried. >>>> >>>> If you feel that some of the links posted recently are perfectly >>>> acceptable then let's discuss that, otherwise I'm not really sure of the >>>> point you're trying to get across. >>> >>> My point is that we need to really do something, or we need to do nothing. >>> We're getting into areas of marketing and promotion for community members, >>> and that's a tough topic in a community driven primarily be contracting >>> service providers. There are a few hobbyists that contribute to the >>> project, but not a whole lot. There are a few product companies that do >>> independent marketing that contribute, but not a whole lot. AFAIK that is >>> pretty different from most ASF projects. >>> >>> While we don't allow blatant marketing on the official web site (it is >>> allowed in the wiki, and we even have specific places for it) >> >> You make this sound like a policy > > I'm just referring to the ASF policy as for certain things not allowed on > project sites.
Okay so there is a policy, that's great, let's use it. Regards Scott
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