On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:05 AM, jonathon <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 31/03/15 03:08, David Nalley wrote: >>> the master ASFxxx account be associated with. I see >>> two alternatives here: >>> * ASF Infra team collectively owns it >>> * Whoever controls @TheASF owns it >> Neither IMO. >> Infra doesn't want it ... >> And burdening Sally, Jim, Joe, etc with scores of projects credentials > isn't going to scale well. > > My impression was that Roman was implicitly suggesting that there be > _one_ account/person somewhere with the Apache Software Foundation > structure, that would have ultimate command and control of _all_ > Twitter, and other social media accounts. This individual would _not_ be > responsible for day-to-day activities, but rather, serve as: > * an all points backup; > * Single point of contact to find out who to contact regarding a > specific Social Media account associated with either the Apache Software > Foundation, or an Apache project.
This is absolutely correct. And while I find David's suggestion an appealing alternative to what I was trying to suggest, I can see pros/cons of both. We do manage certain bits of INFRA in a very centralized way at ASF. The real question is whether @ASFxxx is considered critical enough to warrant that type of commitment. > My thinking is an email account along the lines of > "social_media_direc...@apache.org", which either automatically forwards > incoming email to the appropriate party, or lets email sit in a queue > until a human looks at it. (Procmail recipes could forward/respond > appropriately to at least 70% of the inbound emails, before doing any > tweaking.) > Where needed, a similar account on the specific social media platform > could also be created. (For example, on Twitter, it would be > ASF_Social_Media_Director.) > > I don't know where in the ASF hierarchy this position should be, though. > Something along the lines of pr...@apache.org, but with the requirement > of Marketing, Public Relations, and VP to approve everything that goes > out/gets forwarded. Yup. That's exactly my way of thinking. Would love to hear folks chime in on both. Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
