Re: Doing open source while maintaining your sanity

MAJOR issue in my first draft where I missed a negative. Some Advice about Volunteering: - Volunteering starts at home: Don't give more than you can afford to give. - Volunteering doesn't mean unprofessional: Just because you aren't paid, that should NOT compromise your standards. -

Re: Doing open source while maintaining your sanity

Hi Isabel and Myrle, So I read this email in November and my snarky response was it was like asking the patients at the hospital to write their own protocol. Volunteerism and especially volunteer burn out are definite issues.  I don't know that I've ever seen materials at other US NPOs for

Re: ApacheCon 2018

I don't think we are proposing an apachecon but rather an apache conference. Call it what you will. I agree. I want 2 rooms with 6x50 min speeches each on 12 different topics plus a keynote and endnote for all plus a lunch break. I would even consider selling two tracks for sponsor

Re: ApacheCon 2018

I like the ideas proposed here. I think all in all, we have to change the format of ApacheCon for it to be worth the efforts and financial burden. I also think we have to be more appealing to non-committers (unless we turn AC into a project Summit umbrella). I’ve been a proponent of topic

Re: Doing open source while maintaining your sanity

Hi, On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Myrle Krantz wrote: > ...2.) It should come "early" in the intro to open source development. > So maybe here: https://community.apache.org/newcomers/ ? ... How about creating a more general "reading list" page instead? It's just links and

Re: Doing open source while maintaining your sanity

Hi Isabel, Since sustainable development is very much in Apache's interest as a foundation, I believe this is an excellent idea. My first thoughts on where this could go: 1.) This belongs somewhere under https://community.apache.org 2.) It should come "early" in the intro to open source