On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dang! > > > > Well, I just jumped right in. > > > > So, we want the blog to be the official voice of the project in some way? > > > > I think it will be seen that way by the reader, certainly. > > > Is that a requirement? Is that what we want? I thought that is what web > sites are for. Blogs have a different kind of voice in my experience. > > > > I thought your post was very nice and had the right tone. But I think > we should try for the 3 day RTC in the future. Unlike a commit to the > web site, we cannot easily revert a blog post, especially once it is > syndicated and has been copied by various aggregators. > > > I have lots of outlets for blogging, and I could always create an > Apache-oriented RSS feed for aggregation, although probably not, since it > doesn't seem like that much fun. > > > > There is already: http://planet.apache.org/ > > That includes a committers aggregator as well as a project aggregator. > > I run planet.opendocumentformat.org, and I can include our new AOOo blog. > > There is also Planet OpenOffice.org: > http://planet.services.openoffice.org/ > > Who maintains that? > I think Martin Hollmichelmight be a good bet since this is where the "contact us" link goes. > > Ah well, > > > > - Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Fisher [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 15:39 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Blog Created > > > > Gavin, Thanks! > > > > There is a page that describes how to prepare and preview a blog post. > [1] > > > > Authors should read this and begin to put together our announcement. > > > > The page states "A typical process is to create the blog post, set it up > to publish in 3-4 days via the "Advanced Settings", then post the modified > preview URL to your dev@ list with the anticipated publish date for lazy > consensus." > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/blogs.html > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > On Jul 9, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Gavin McDonald wrote: > > > >> > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Gavin McDonald [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2011 8:07 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Blog Created > >>> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/ > >>> > >>> Currently I have invited: > >>> > >>> Dave and Andy as Admins > >>> Dennis as Author > >>> > >> > >> Also I have now added some more: > >> > >> khirano, rbircher, robweir, clippka > >> > >> All as Authors. > >> > >> (Note to Rob, no specific 'Editor' role but the Author role > >> will allow you to edit and tweak other posts.) > >> > >> and to continue ... > >> > >>> Anyone else wants an account please let me know. > >>> (And let me know your Apache ID too as I'll send the invite to your > >> Apache > >>> Address.) > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Gav... > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "He's got that New Orleans thing crawling all over him, that good stuff, that 'We Are the Champions', to hell with the rest and I'll just start over kind of attitude." — "1 Dead in the Attic", Chris Rose
