On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > New article out by Brian Profitt on IT World: > > > > > http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/213997/apache-disavows-team-openofficeorg-ev > > And btw, good job, Shane, on the outreach and interview! (I should > have mentioned that before.) This article brings a lot of clarity. Yes, kudos to Shane on the communications front. > > -Rob > > > > > He has a good catch here that this page is still calling for donations > > to Team OpenOffice: > > > > http://contributing.openoffice.org/donate.html > > > > Is there anyone who can change this page *immediately*? I don't think > I thought Kay or TJ had the requisite foo to do this. > > this is something we should wait until after we migrate the wiki. The > > information on the page now is wrong, misleading and confuses the > > Apache statements on fundraising. > > > > I'd recommend replacing all the text on that page with a simple > statement: > > > > "Apache projects do not solicit funds directly. However, the Apache > > Software Foundation graciously accepts donations of all sizes" (or > > other such words as the mentors may suggest) and to put a link to: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html > > > > -Rob > > >
