RE: [ApacheCon] Big Data track?

2015-02-17 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
? Also when I might see your draft track? Thanks. On 02/17/2015 01:13 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: I'll do this as part of my Cloud tracks (see why I chose such a broad term ;-) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation -Original Message- From

RE: Apache Way talks

2015-02-16 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
I agree Joe, We only have a very few immutable rules. Everything else is policy. As long as policy don't break those immutable rules the they can shift and change as much as they need to in order to empower individual project communities. Coincidentally I wrote a presentation on this very

RE: Knowing which talks are already claimed by another ApacheCon track?

2015-02-16 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Yep. I've added some such comments, but got frustrated with the only CFP so am now working in a spreadsheet you can't see (sorry). If you see my name in a owning comment drop me a mail and we can talk about which track it fits best. Sent from my Windows Phone

RE: Apache Way talks

2015-02-16 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
[mailto:seb...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 9:50 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Apache Way talks On 16 February 2015 at 16:51, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: I think that's exactly it. If we write policy down it becomes a rule. Huh? Written

RE: [ApacheCon NA 2015] Proposed tracks Community + Containers

2015-02-16 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Thanks Joe, if you don't mind I'd like to hold on the container track. I'm putting together a larger group of cloud tracks and trying to weave a narrative through the whole thing. This includes containers. The good news is you and I mostly agree on the valuable container related talks are. I'll

RE: Knowing which talks are already claimed by another ApacheCon track?

2015-02-16 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
It's probably best we start an online doc somewhere... Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation -Original Message- From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 12:29 PM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Knowing which

RE: Apache Way talks

2015-02-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
talks On Sat, 14 Feb 2015, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: There is value in these sessions, some people are completely new and we probably should still schedule them. However, I think we ought to do some new stuff along the lines of: How is the ASF different from other foundations? Why

RE: Apache Way talks

2015-02-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Sent: ‎2/‎14/‎2015 9:48 AM To: dev@community.apache.orgmailto:dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: Apache Way talks On 14-02-2015, at 11:47, Nick Burch n...@apache.org wrote: On Sat, 14 Feb 2015, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: There is value in these sessions, some people are completely new

RE: Is there a wiki space for comdev?

2015-02-05 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
I don't believe there is (certainly shouldn't be) a restriction on wiki access. That said as a PMC member I was completely unaware there is a ComDev wiki. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Bertrand Delacretazmailto:bdelacre...@apache.org Sent: ‎2/‎5/‎2015 1:05 AM

RE: ApacheCon Austin Reviewing

2015-02-05 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Allowing everyone to rate every session will always result in an average of accept. I recommend the individual track leads make a judgement call. They can consult with any experts they feel they should We want great content, not averaged content. The model we use in GSoC works well (the

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
If LF want to do it they can. It's their conference. I totally agree that we should not be a part of it. We discussed this when negotiation the contract. Buying sessions is not on the cards. However, my point is not about sales pitches or bought slots. Mine is about taking it too far. People

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
We should not explore anything. It's an LF responsibility. (I know I said this about 5 times in quick succession, sorry. I just want to make sure we don't start becoming ConCom. ApacheCon has been outsourced to LF) Sent from my Windows Phone From: Pierre

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
@community.apache.orgmailto:dev@community.apache.org Subject: Re: ApacheCon NA CFP closed On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote: On 02/04/2015 11:21 AM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: Sally is not part of the ACNA process. Nobody in the ASF is. This is an LF event. We can

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Sally is not part of the ACNA process. Nobody in the ASF is. This is an LF event. We can (and should) make recommendations to LF but we are are not to take on responsibility for these things. That takes us back to where we were with ConCom. Sent from my Windows Phone

RE: [Proposal] Creation of Apache Zest Provisional TLP

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Dropping board to BCC. Note that: If ComDev is going to host this stuff, then ComDev should have the say in what the actual requirements are. Absolutely! And right now I'm personally volunteering my cycles to help with that within the ComDev framework. Is exactly the kind of

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: I never intended to say that we should not take responsibility for content. I intended to say LF should take responsibility for defining the theme of the conference they want to market and we *help

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
@community.apache.org Subject: Re: ApacheCon NA CFP closed On Feb 4, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: Sally the volunteer can do what she wants Sally the contractor has no responsibility for ApacheCon We are *not* responsible (by contract

RE: Why the Apachecon (was Re: ApacheCon NA CFP closed)

2015-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
I attended Nicks sessions in Budapest - they were *excellent*. Using them as a model for Austin is to be recommended. Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation -Original Message- From: Hadrian Zbarcea [mailto:hzbar...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
). just my opinion rgds jan i. On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: Great job Rich, and those who helped. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Rich Bowenmailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com Sent: ‎2/‎2/‎2015 12:19

RE: ApacheCon NA CFP closed

2015-02-02 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
(work which just started today). All that said, I believe in general we should look for ways to motivate our projects a lot more to participate (not only with talks, but also getting people to come). just my opinion rgds jan i. On Feb 2, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH

RE: Contributing to Apache

2015-02-02 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
See http://community.apache.org/gsoc.html for I fo on GSoC and Sent from my Windows Phone From: Subham Sonimailto:subham.soni...@gmail.com Sent: ‎2/‎2/‎2015 12:43 AM To: dev@community.apache.orgmailto:dev@community.apache.org Subject: Contributing to Apache

RE: Contributing to Apache

2015-02-02 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
been announced. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)mailto:ross.gard...@microsoft.com Sent: ‎2/‎2/‎2015 7:56 AM To: dev@community.apache.orgmailto:dev@community.apache.org Subject: RE: Contributing to Apache See http://community.apache.org

RE: Mailinglists - a tool from the 90s?

2015-01-18 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
) to access and contribute to ASF mailing lists. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) [mailto:ross.gard...@microsoft.com] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2015 07:29 To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: RE: Mailinglists - a tool from the 90s? For me any alternative

RE: Mailing lists, sites, ...

2015-01-18 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
There are many reasons why the ASF requires projects to use its own servers for some items. For example, we couldn't use GitHub until we had built a system that would provide adequate traceability of contributions. Failure to do that would have meant it was no longer possible to provide the

RE: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal

2015-01-15 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Where are you seeing discouragement of pilot projects? Any volunteer can step up and deliver any pilot for the foundation on a voluntary basis. We are set up to do that. However, if a service stood up by a volunteer becomes a core part of the ASF then that must be maintained in an ongoing

RE: New ComDev VM

2015-01-15 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
edit you do will generate an email with the new project data and send it to dev@community.a.o, as a review measure. I hope this will make it easier for people to jump in and help with creating the site :) With regards, Daniel. On 2015-01-14 18:53, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: Daniel

RE: New ComDev VM

2015-01-15 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
the site :) With regards, Daniel. On 2015-01-14 18:53, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: Daniel, There is no assuming just do it :-) You have a number of ComDev PMC members saying +1, and you are a PMC member yourself. Let's have the code where we can start working on it and let's

RE: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal

2015-01-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Having read the while thread, to date, I find I have nothing to add other than a hearty +1 Sent from my Windows Phone From: Daniel Grunomailto:humbed...@apache.org Sent: ‎1/‎14/‎2015 3:48 AM To: dev@community.apache.orgmailto:dev@community.apache.org Subject:

RE: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal

2015-01-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
This requires that infra maintain a running instance of OfBiz and that any ComDev member who wants to help out needs to learn OfBiz. Have you consulted with infra? Can ComDev members be expected to learn OfBiz in order to make a small tweak? It seems to me that whilst the extra functionality

RE: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal

2015-01-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal On 14 Jan 2015, at 10:36, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: As I said when you originally raised this I would recommend focusing on a committee that tracks other data, data that is not currently well structured. Trademarks, media

RE: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal

2015-01-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: This requires that infra maintain a running instance of OfBiz and that any ComDev member who wants to help out needs to learn OfBiz. Have you consulted with infra? Can ComDev members be expected to learn OfBiz

RE: projects.apache.org overhaul proposal

2015-01-14 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Daniel, There is no assuming just do it :-) You have a number of ComDev PMC members saying +1, and you are a PMC member yourself. Let's have the code where we can start working on it and let's get it to feature parity with projects.apache.org ASAP. I agree with Rich that there is value in

RE: Dump of entire asf repo

2015-01-13 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
I'm changing the recipient list to our infrastructure team who can better advise on this. Ross -Original Message- From: Baruch Burstein [mailto:bmburst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 12:50 PM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: Dump of entire asf repo Hi all, I was

RE: ApacheCon Poster Session?

2015-01-12 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Are you willing to organize this? I've never been much of a fan of poster sessions at conferences, but others will strongly disagree with me, I'm sure. It might be a good idea to have these in the hackathon space. Where folks from the involved projects are present they could locate themselves

RE: ApacheCon North America 2015 Call For Papers

2015-01-05 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
You can submit at any level you want. The conference tends to have very technical folk as well as some more general decision maker folks. We particularly like sessions that tell the story of how Apache software has improved things for you and your company in some way. This could be a case

RE: ApacheCon Austin keynotes (and other stuff)

2014-12-19 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
How about Jono Bacon. He's got the open source creds but his new gig at XPrize is a fascinating demonstration that what we do here in open source is akin to the processes needed to create huge innovation leaps. If we were to pair that with some bigwig at a research org then we can do the full

RE: ApacheCon track descriptions

2014-12-12 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
send a few email and gauge the interest. If there's enough (which I assume to be the case), I'll volunteer. Cheers, Hadrian On 12/12/2014 04:53 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) wrote: If you arrange it, yes :-) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation

RE: ApacheCon Austin content committee deadlines

2014-12-09 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
It's absolutely my intention to manage the track I have signed up for independently of all other tracks. It is entirely possible that I will want a talk that others have identified for their tracks. We can resolve those issues when CFP has closed. Ross -Original Message- From: jan i

RE: [PROPOSAL] Move out release schedule by ~1 month going forward

2014-12-01 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Moving dev@community.apache.org to BCC so as not to create unnecessary traffic (I assume it was a mistake having it in the To line) Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation -Original Message- From: Leif Hedstrom [mailto:zw...@apache.org] Sent: Monday,

RE: Content tracks at ApacheCon Austin

2014-11-26 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Rich, As per your blog at https://blogs.apache.org/conferences/entry/apachecon_north_america_returns_to please sign me up. I don't want to do a project specific track, I'm more interested in a cloud track. I want to create a coherent track in which each session, whilst being valuable as a

RE: (improving) New Committers Info

2014-11-25 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
A couple of years ago I had the same concerns. I got pushback on messing with the TLD pages (perhaps more accurately there were so many strong opinions it wasn't worth the argument, plus the task is daunting to say the least). Instead I started trying to create signposts into our dense TLD

RE: Consideration to Create GitHub Mirrors for Apache Extras Project

2014-10-26 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Sorry here's the mail I meant to send... We are evaluating options around Apache-extras at present. I'd note that its nit the tools that create communities, its the people within. It could be argued that GitHub is the default place for folks to search but other than that the location is mostly

RE: The ASF and Apache OFBiz (was: Re: ASF Status website and project health reporting)

2014-10-15 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Note, we have recently been discussing how OfBiz can help with management of the fundraising activities. Melissa (our EA) is in contract with the project. It seems to me that this would be the simplest starting point (and isn't public facing, so less of a design overhead). Other than that, as

RE: The ASF and Apache OFBiz (was: Re: ASF Status website and project health reporting)

2014-10-15 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
and Retail Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: Note, we have recently been discussing how OfBiz can help with management of the fundraising activities. Melissa (our EA) is in contract with the project

RE: [ApacheCon] Fallback keynote for Budapest

2014-09-24 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
As I mentioned to you in private I can reach out to UK government CTO if you want an eGovernment replacement (would likely result in the same outcome as going to Wardley) Sent from my Windows Phone From: jan imailto:j...@apache.org Sent: ‎9/‎24/‎2014 8:06 AM To:

RE: ApacheCon Austin keynotes

2014-09-24 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org (you need to send it from the subscribed email address, if that is difficult the help message you get in response will guide you) -Original Message- From: Mark Brodsky [mailto:rktsm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 12:53 PM To:

RE: How to host a successful Apache Meetup?

2014-09-19 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
ConCom used to be the home for this kind of thing. It moved to ComDev when ConCom was disbanded. ComDev are yet to define how this support, this is a good thing as ConCom became a controlling influence that often stifled the energy behind local meetups. On thus list there are plenty of people

RE: Time to propose a CS Capstone Project!

2014-08-13 Thread Ross Gardler
I was a lecturer many years ago. I always tried to encourage final year students to work with open source communities. Those that chose to take in the challenge always reported learning a great deal, they also felt their work was of more value. The kinds of projects that really worked for

Re: Proposing for Apache Member?

2014-07-10 Thread Ross Gardler
Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Try reading http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html On 9 Jul 2014 22:20, Pierre Smits pierre.sm

Re: Proposing for Apache Member?

2014-07-09 Thread Ross Gardler
Try reading http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html On 9 Jul 2014 22:20, Pierre Smits pierre.sm...@gmail.com wrote: It is a bit strange to read that 'Contributor' is not the official role for anybody who is committed to an Apache project. Equally strange is it to read that both the

RE: Proposing for Apache Member?

2014-07-08 Thread Ross Gardler
Yes, of course a community member can propose a member. As Rob says, the nomination and election has to be done by the Members, but not all projects have existing members acting as the eyes and ears. Of course, not having members in a project community shouldn't impact the project since it is

RE: Proposing for Apache Member?

2014-07-08 Thread Ross Gardler
Member? On 06/07/2014 09:48, Ross Gardler wrote: [snip] but not all projects have existing members acting as the eyes and ears. [/snip] Don't they? In addition to the officers of the corporation, the Board of Directors may, by resolution, establish one or more Project Management Committees

Re: Proposing for Apache Member?

2014-07-08 Thread Ross Gardler
Generally the board likes to see at least one member be part of new PMCs. It is not a requirement but it is a preference. On 8 Jul 2014 19:44, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Branko Čibej wrote: I don't know where you got this, but it definitely is not true that every PMC chair is

Re: Apache@ OSCON question

2014-06-19 Thread Ross Gardler
We have foundation giveaways but generally not specific projects (the table isn't big enough;-) Usually we just have Melissa staff it and answer general questions about the ASF. Wherever possible she connects people asking about specific projects to attendees at the conference. In theory we

Re: ComDev scope and lists

2014-06-10 Thread Ross Gardler
Brett didn't ask about where policy ought to be made, he asked about where committer support lives. You narrow a very good point about policy not being made on members list, and in fact it isn't made there - sometimes debated but never defined. I do agree that those discussions should be public

Re: ApacheCon keynotes

2014-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
I don't imagine many attendees would be interested in a sponsorship keynote per se. However, as part of a how the foundation works, what it is and its current status keynote it makes more sense. If we do a State of the Feather keynote in EU then I'd like to propose that it not be 40 mins of the

Re: Event in a Box budget

2014-05-16 Thread Ross Gardler
. I'll come back to it in a month or two when I have the time to actually action this work. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 16 May 2014 10:38, jan iversen jancasacon...@gmail.com wrote

Budget requests

2014-04-29 Thread Ross Gardler
It's time to renew the budget so please submit your requests (for those who have not already done so). The process is as follows: a) Submit your budget request to presid...@apache.org (see below for what is required) b) I will review requests and, where necessary, ask for

Re: Apache Event Calendar

2014-04-26 Thread Ross Gardler
Event branding is handled by trademarks@. Hadoop has a unique history that means some events are handled differently, although they should still adhere to the branding policy. I'm not aware of any concerns around these events but if there are any they can be raised on trademarks@ On 9 Apr 2014

RE: ApacheCon Europe status and ToDo

2014-04-24 Thread Ross Gardler
Go Rich! -Original Message- From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:41 AM To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: ApacheCon Europe status and ToDo Now that I'm caught up from ApacheCon US, I wanted to give folks a little information about the plans

Re: ASF Youtube?

2014-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Sally has responded on another thread, all good On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Nick Burch n...@apache.org javascript:; wrote: ...I believe Sally is the master holder of these, so she's the main person to

Re: ApacheCon Community track

2014-02-18 Thread Ross Gardler
for other peoples. If you reject one of mine then that's more time I have to enjoy the conference ;-) Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 13 February 2014 10:10, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote

Re: ApacheCon CFP status

2014-02-04 Thread Ross Gardler
then work with the appropriate PMCs to de-dupe more fully (Rich I'm happy to help with this process) Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 2 February 2014 04:48, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote

Keynote suggestion: MIFOS

2014-01-28 Thread Ross Gardler
a real difference in the developing world through open source. See http://mifos.org/community/news/volunteer-mifos-2014 Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation

Keynote idea: Rufus Pollok, Open Knowledge Foundation (was Re: Keynote idea: Revolutionizing Education)

2014-01-21 Thread Ross Gardler
for me now works at OKF and a number of divisions of my employers parent company have engagements with OKF, but I don't work directly with them. Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 16 January 2014 22:33

RE: ApacheCon Asia

2013-12-09 Thread Ross Gardler
If there enough people willing to manage the ASF side of things (e.g. contract negotiation, talk selection, trademark oversight) we may can look seriously at getting a suitable producer. However, as Melissa says there are currently no plans. Ross Sent from my Windows Phone From: Melissa Warnkin

Re: Event-in-a-Box

2013-10-30 Thread Ross Gardler
. For now lets proceed with the larger list. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 30 October 2013 10:13, Melissa Warnkin missywarn...@yahoo.com wrote: Thank you all for your feedback. I have

RE: [REQUEST] ASF Related Promo Material

2013-10-24 Thread Ross Gardler
Adding e...@apache.org to ensure Melissa sees this. She has some stuff. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Lewis John Mcgibbney Sent: 10/23/2013 14:04 To: dev@community.apache.org Subject: [REQUEST] ASF Related Promo Material Hi, I'll be talking about some of my personal Apache interests, projects

Re: Event-in-a-Box

2013-10-04 Thread Ross Gardler
in with a helpful hints section. Thanks, Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 4 October 2013 02:20, Isabel Drost-Fromm isa...@apache.org wrote: On Thursday, October 03, 2013 04:17:33 PM Melissa

Re: Apache Event in Inda (December timeframe)

2013-09-18 Thread Ross Gardler
to think about providing an Event in a Box to support activities such as this. It's currently empty so even brainstorming around this now would be valuable even if you decide not to go ahead with it. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc

Re: Clarifying the small events organizers requirements

2013-09-11 Thread Ross Gardler
://community.apache.org/calendars/index.html) Melissa is also tasked with creating an Event in a Box support package for event producers. We can make this guidance part of that. Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft

Re: Software Conference October 2013, Italy

2013-08-14 Thread Ross Gardler
that would be broadly interesting to our communities as a whole. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Senior Technology Evangelist Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation On 27 June 2013 07:38, Maurizio Taverna tavernamauri...@gmail.com wrote: * Hello, I'm an Apache

Re: Apache Ambassadors

2013-06-25 Thread Ross Gardler
+1 thanks Rich On 25 Jun 2013 13:42, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote: I'd like to do some things to make it easier for our members and committers to be ambassadors for Apache, and I'd like to propose a concrete step, inspired by Roy, from a thread on another list. (Eventually it might be

Re: DRAFT: Board meeting reminder

2013-06-11 Thread Ross Gardler
Friday morning UTC is OK, Friday morning PT (for example) is end of day for UTC so much of Europe is already into the weekend. Monday morning PT (for example) is Monday evening UTC so might be too close to the meeting. Given your time zone you would probably you could get away with it Friday AM

Future of ApacheCon and Apache Events

2013-05-19 Thread Ross Gardler
On 26th April I posted a mail on behalf of the board to this list with the subject Future of VP ConCom Role. This mail outlined the action the board intended to take in the May board meeting with respect to ConCom. The proposal was to use paid contractors (VP Marketing and Executive Assistant) to

Re: Grace Hopper Open Source Day

2013-05-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Adding ComDev list, suggest interest parties should discuss this there. On 17 May 2013 14:11, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: I am forwarding this email on behalf of Leslie Hawthorn, a co-worker of mine @ RedHat. In the spirit of GSOC, I wanted to see if there is interest within the ASF

Re: t...@apache.org ?

2013-05-07 Thread Ross Gardler
Why not use dev@community (with subject tags?) I don't object to a new list, just adding another option. Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 7 May 2013 06:20, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: Hi, We don't seem to have a place for cross-cutting

Re: Feedback on Flex board report

2013-04-27 Thread Ross Gardler
Resende luckbr1...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: I just wanted to thank you for the feedback you provided in your last board report with respect to your experiences with moving to Git. This kind of information is really useful

Feedback on Flex board report

2013-04-26 Thread Ross Gardler
them. We also need to get the Git mirrors working again, as well as our CI implementation. Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

Re: Feedback on Flex board report

2013-04-26 Thread Ross Gardler
, we certainly don't want Git vs SVN content. Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com On 26 April 2013 10:41, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: Hi, On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Ross Gardler rgard

Re: Website frontpage style

2013-04-25 Thread Ross Gardler
Great work. Thank you. On 23 Apr 2013 06:43, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if we could have a better format for the frontpage of the ComDev website, and worked on a quick prototype available in [1] and would appreciate any feedback on it. Thoughts [1]

Re: j...@apache.org

2013-04-19 Thread Ross Gardler
Depends on what you mean by communication. We tell people about it when it comes up. You have a good point though. Feel free to write a para on the website, perhaps at http://community.apache.org/contactpoints.html Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 19 Apr 2013

Re: Consent to translate your web page at http://community.apache.org/

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 April 2013 09:19, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: Dear Maria, On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:29 PM, Maria Ramos mar...@webhostinghub.com wrote: ...I've emailed you a week ago regarding your web page which I found interesting and wanted to translate it into Spanish

Spam on Women's Wiki

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
to allow them through. Do we want to set up some spam control on the wiki? Anyone know how? Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

Re: Spam on Women's Wiki

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
http://wiki.apache.org/Women/ Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com On 17 April 2013 10:12, imacat ima...@mail.imacat.idv.tw wrote: On 2013/04/17 16:33, Ross Gardler said: The main reason I have called for more moderators

Re: Spam on Women's Wiki

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 April 2013 14:19, Katherine Marsden kmarsdende...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On 4/17/2013 2:34 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: http://wiki.apache.org/Women/ Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com I don't know how useful the content

Re: Google CSE for community website

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
It looks great. Published. Thanks. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com On 17 April 2013 13:03, Suresh Marru sma...@apache.org wrote: On Apr 17, 2013, at 3:50 AM, Ulrich Stärk u...@spielviel.de wrote: +1. Go ahead! I

Re: Call for moderators

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Thanks, that's three new moderators, so I've made the request. Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com On 17 April 2013 13:52, Noah Slater nsla...@apache.org wrote: Me too. On 17 April 2013 00:09, Ross Gardler rgard

Re: Google CSE for community website

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
My apologies, I missed your comment on the commit.I guess you are more of a perfectionist than I (which is certainly not a bad thing). I'll not roll back as we know Suresh is looking at it. Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

Re: Call for moderators

2013-04-17 Thread Ross Gardler
any. On Apr 16, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: It seems that we need another moderator or two for this list - any volunteers? Ross Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com -- Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com

Re: Consent to translate your web page at http://community.apache.org/

2013-04-16 Thread Ross Gardler
it or reuse it. Ross [1] http://community.apache.org/newcomers/index.html Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com On 16 April 2013 16:29, Maria Ramos mar...@webhostinghub.com wrote: Dear Sir, I've emailed you a week ago regarding your

Re: increasing GSoC visibility within the ASF

2013-04-11 Thread Ross Gardler
the year. Granted, this leaves things undone, but that's probably ok, if our focus is indeed community over code. No problem if an issue is tagged GSoC but gets closed before GSoC comes along. Ross -- Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com :: @rbowen rbo...@apache.org -- Ross Gardler

Re: increasing GSoC visibility within the ASF

2013-04-11 Thread Ross Gardler
. Personally, I wouldn't consider 33 projects low. We only get around 35-40 slots anyway. Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

Re: increasing GSoC visibility within the ASF

2013-04-11 Thread Ross Gardler
more emails? Ask the board to mandate a section in board reports detailing the project's GSoC endeavors? Any ideas? Uli -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

Re: increasing GSoC visibility within the ASF

2013-04-11 Thread Ross Gardler
:07, Luciano Resende luckbr1...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 11 April 2013 14:23, Rich Bowen rbo...@rcbowen.com wrote: On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Mark Struberg wrote: + it's also pretty hard to spin of small

Re: GSoC informational talk this thursday in Berlin

2013-04-11 Thread Ross Gardler
at the computer science institute of Freie Universität Berlin, Takustr 9, 14195 Berlin. If you know of any local student (computer science, mathematics, physics, whatever) who might want to participate in GSoC this year, please send them ;) Cheers, Uli -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler

Re: increasing GSoC visibility within the ASF

2013-04-10 Thread Ross Gardler
A short mail to committers@ asking people who don't know about the process to ensure their PMC forwards the request should be enough. Things won't scale if ComDev start trying to offer more support than we already do. Let's have the PMCs answer queries from their communities. Ross Sent from a

Re: FW: [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-03-25 Thread Ross Gardler
, Ross Gardler wrote: Thanks for stepping up Ulrich I intend to mentor this year so don't want to Admin. However, as always I will be around should things get out of control. +1 to having an Admin + a mentor at the summit. I'd suggest making the requirement to be active in representing

GNOME Outreach Programme for Women

2013-03-23 Thread Ross Gardler
provide the mentor(s). finding the money would also need to be done by the admin, but I'm sure help will be available. https://live.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen#For_ Organizations_and_Companies -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http

Re: GSoC 2013: non-code projects on website, branding?

2013-03-02 Thread Ross Gardler
week leave of absence from $dayjob). Ideas? Anyone want to help? - Shane -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com

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