Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
> It seems that he/she/it is a *winter* person ;-) > (Maybe, reincarnation of yeti) Andrew means "Strong and Manly". Fairly gender specific. http://www.andythenamebender.com/name-meanings/Andrew.htm I like this: " Origin: Shakespearean Meaning: 'Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Sir

RE: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Lawrence E. Rosen asked: > Would someone please explain what protection committers expect from ASF? > And what legal empowerment is being granted? I doubt that very many people can answer that question with any authority at all. Certainly not me. The most that I can do for you is provide a coup

Re: [Chair Nominations] Position statements

2003-12-22 Thread Henri Yandell
Before doing this, I'd like to see a final list of nominations on PMC. Then I'd like to see if they are accepted, as not all of them were self-nominations, before going to the General list. Hen On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I invite each candidate to create a new subject thre

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Stephen McConnell
Dain Sundstrom wrote: Larry, I'm surprised that no one answered this (at least that I saw). From what I understand, ASF believes that those on PMC have liability protection from the ASF because the PMC members are acting on behalf of the organization. Further is it seems that the ASF does

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Stephen McConnell
Andrew C. Oliver wrote: From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Jakarta General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:04:26 -0500 To: Jakarta General List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Just in case you're curious On Dec 21, 2003, at 5:03 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wr

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:31 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:13 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:07 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 5:58 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:23 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: Larry, I'm surprised that no o

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Dain Sundstrom
On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:13 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:07 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 5:58 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:23 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: Larry, I'm surprised that no one answered this (at least that I saw). From what

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:07 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 5:58 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:23 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: Larry, I'm surprised that no one answered this (at least that I saw). From what I understand, ASF believes that those on PMC have liabil

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Dain Sundstrom
On Dec 22, 2003, at 5:58 PM, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:23 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: Larry, I'm surprised that no one answered this (at least that I saw). From what I understand, ASF believes that those on PMC have liability protection from the ASF because the PMC members

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 22, 2003, at 6:23 PM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: Larry, I'm surprised that no one answered this (at least that I saw). From what I understand, ASF believes that those on PMC have liability protection from the ASF because the PMC members are acting on behalf of the organization. Further is

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Dain Sundstrom
Larry, I'm surprised that no one answered this (at least that I saw). From what I understand, ASF believes that those on PMC have liability protection from the ASF because the PMC members are acting on behalf of the organization. Further is it seems that the ASF does not believe this protect

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: > > Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > > Here in Jakarta (as well as other projects, I assume), the sub-projects > > > do committer votes in public. Some people outside of Jakarta feel that > > > this is improper, and should be done in private to ensure

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
I don't think that crossposting would be good keep it here On Dec 22, 2003, at 4:52 PM, Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: Hello, folks. I am a moderator of three -dev lists in jakarta. What should I do next? Forwardin' this Pro-forma to each -dev lists? T.I.A. -- Tetsuya. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sun

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:10:27 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I realize that arguing with you on this will have no effect, but I want > > to keep working to extinguish the meme you keep trying to plant. > +1, Andrew seems to have boundless energy in this regard ;-) ! It seems that he/she/it is

RE: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: > Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > Here in Jakarta (as well as other projects, I assume), the sub-projects > > do committer votes in public. Some people outside of Jakarta feel that > > this is improper, and should be done in private to ensure that open > > discussion can happ

Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were

2003-12-22 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
Hello, folks. I am a moderator of three -dev lists in jakarta. What should I do next? Forwardin' this Pro-forma to each -dev lists? T.I.A. -- Tetsuya. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:07:26 -0500 (Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] As it ever were) Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > This is what I pr

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:12:02 -0500 Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > Here in Jakarta (as well as other projects, I assume), the sub-projects > do committer votes in public. Some people outside of Jakarta feel that > this is improper, and should be done in private to ensure that open > discussion can

cvs commit: jakarta-site2/docs .htaccess

2003-12-22 Thread ceki
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Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Costin Manolache
Andrew C. Oliver wrote: Vic, if you've been paying ANY attention, you'd know that what we are trying to do is just the opposite - get *every* committer in Jakarta onto the PMC, *eliminating* this needless boundary. While closing out everyone else. Like those who are not yet committers. I think

[Chair Nominations] Position statements

2003-12-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I invite each candidate to create a new subject thread with their position statement. I realize that this has been stated across many threads, and it would be nice to see in a single thread, devoted to each candidates: with maybe a subject such as: [Position: PMC Chair Candidate name]. A new thr

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -Original Message- > From: Geir Magnusson Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I realize that arguing with you on this will have no effect, but I want > to keep working to extinguish the meme you keep trying to plant. +1, Andrew seems to have boundless energy in this regard ;-) !

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 22, 2003, at 10:31 AM, Danny Angus wrote: While closing out everyone else. Like those who are not yet committers. I certainly think that increasing the size of the PMC makes it easier for things to get discussed on the PMC list, but if people care (and you do for one) about visibili

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
You are free to do what you want. Is this then about personal google hitcount? On Dec 21, 2003, at 11:06 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: I think the problem isn't the private list, on which we will continue to do work, such as voting, but follow up. geir Heads up, FYI, except where I feel the situ

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Danny Angus
> While closing out everyone else. Like those who are not yet committers. I certainly think that increasing the size of the PMC makes it easier for things to get discussed on the PMC list, but if people care (and you do for one) about visibility the very nature of things mean that it won't ha

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
I realize that arguing with you on this will have no effect, but I want to keep working to extinguish the meme you keep trying to plant. IIRC, the thread in play at the time was my note to ask the opinion of all PMC members re the CLA signing, to make sure that it was a clear message we all wan

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Danny Angus
Andy wrote: > FYI, except where I feel the situation absolutely mandates it, I will be > voting/discussing here. > I choose to > work in the open. I choose to be googled. I volunteered for it in fact. Well said, I agree with this. But why be so confrontational about it? After all in the t

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
> Vic, if you've been paying ANY attention, you'd know that what we are > trying to do is just the opposite - get *every* committer in Jakarta > onto the PMC, *eliminating* this needless boundary. > While closing out everyone else. Like those who are not yet committers. -- Andrew C. Oliver htt

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
> > I think the problem isn't the private list, on which we will continue > to do work, such as voting, but follow up. > > geir Heads up, FYI, except where I feel the situation absolutely mandates it, I will be voting/discussing here. While I'm not sure I agree, out of courtesy, I will vote pr

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Well, saying please and asking nicely had no effect. -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? The views expressed in this email are those of the author

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
YES! -- And members, and board, and incubator, and Move it into the open. -Andy -- Andrew C. Oliver http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI http://jakarta.apache.org/poi For Java and Excel, Got POI? The views expressed in t

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
> From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Jakarta General List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 21:04:26 -0500 > To: Jakarta General List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Just in case you're curious > > > On Dec 21, 2003, at 5:03 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: >

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Danny Angus
Vik, > What could be something that is sensteive in an open source community? > This is new direction. Gray areas should be well exposed. If you are > ashamed of it, don't do open source community. The source code is open, "Open Source" and to support this the development process is also open

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 22, 2003, at 8:05 AM, Tetsuya Kitahata wrote: On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:38:54 -0500 Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: What could be something that is sensteive in an open source community? This is new direction. Gray areas should be well exposed. If you are ashamed of it, don't do open source communi

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Tetsuya Kitahata
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:38:54 -0500 Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > > What could be something that is sensteive in an open source community? > > This is new direction. Gray areas should be well exposed. If you are > > ashamed of it, don't do open source community. > There are lots of things. Committ

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 22, 2003, at 7:27 AM, Vic Cekvenich wrote: ... sensitive things should be on the PMC list, and non-sensitive things should be on the general@ list. What could be something that is sensteive in an open source community? This is new direction. Gray areas should be well exposed. If you a

Sign those CLAs!

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
Members of the Jakarta Community : With the privilege of committership in the ASF comes the requirement that each committer sign a document called the "Committer License Agreement", or CLA. The CLA is a legal agreement between you, the committer, and the ASF in which you state that the contrib

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Vic Cekvenich
... sensitive things should be on the PMC list, and non-sensitive things should be on the general@ list. What could be something that is sensteive in an open source community? This is new direction. Gray areas should be well exposed. If you are ashamed of it, don't do open source community.

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 21, 2003, at 8:17 PM, Aaron Bannert wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:17:57AM -0500, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: That's the point of getting as many people as are seriously interested in the subject on the PMC. Then all can participate, and if we discuss something sensitive (as defined by t

Re: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On Dec 21, 2003, at 9:20 PM, Aaron Bannert wrote: On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 09:09:34PM -0500, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: I think that there is nothing wrong with the PMC having a private list and discussing things there, especially when we're discussing trying to make that group bigger. I'm sure th

RE: Just in case you're curious

2003-12-22 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
> No, that is not correct. The point of having most committers > on the PMC is not to keep discussions out of google. The > point of getting them on the PMC is so that the ASF can > legally protect them, and so that they are legally empowered > to participate in the decisions that govern the pr