On 9/25/12 2:49 PM, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 25 September 2012 12:10, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Ross Gardler >> <rgard...@opendirective.com> wrote: >>> On 25 September 2012 11:22, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On 25 September 2012 06:15, imacat <ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw> wrote: >>>>>> I feel honored to be listed. I would like to help PMC if there is a >>>>>> chance. >>>>>> >>>>>> In any case, I suggest at least one female should be included in the >>>>>> PMC, to encourage the contribution of females in the community and bring >>>>>> diverse voices in PMC. It is very important to encourage more and more >>>>>> female contributors to join the community, and make them feel that >>>>>> OpenOffice is theirs', not of some male geeks. >>>>> >>>>> +1 broad representation is important. >>>>> >>>> >>>> IMHO this is a bad idea and if we go down this route it demonstrates >>>> that we do not understand The Apache Way. > > Demonstration of merit AND broad representation. Why these things > should be mutually exclusive in a project the size of AOO is beyond > me. > It's not an either or it's a both. > > Since Apache is about community as well as code, merit can be gained > by recruitment, maintaining a healthy community and maximising its > growth. Apache is at least in part about inclusion according to the > mentors so strategies for inclusion are just as much part of the > Apache Way as merit. We should not be just cherry picking bits of the > Apache Way that suit a particular perspective. >
please Ian, this thread is not the best place to continue this discussion. And again we are all on the same train. We had a thread about "What is a good Project Management Committee?" and this is probably the better place. Juergen
