Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-06 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 8:13 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > ...As you understand we want to know affiliation as a measure of diversity > for practical reasons But nobody is *required* to disclose their affiliations, doing so is optional. -Bertrand

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Craig Russell
I agree with what Dave Fisher says. I'd also prefer "unaffiliated" as the term of art to describe a person who contributes to a project on their own time without direction or compensation for such work from any company. Craig > On Nov 4, 2017, at 12:13 PM, Dave Fisher

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Ralph Goers
I have participated in a project since it was in the incubator. More than 90% of the committers & PMC members work for the same company. I don’t have a problem with that from the perspective of how the project is run. The issue I see is that there are only a few significant contributors and

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread John D. Ament
On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 3:13 PM Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi Gunnar, > > I think that you present a reasonable scenario. We even allow individuals > to use an alias for their public names. We do want to know the real names > on the ICLA. > > Rather than “private donation” I

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread jonathon
On 11/04/2017 06:31 PM, Gunnar Tapper wrote: > company name involved. I don't know if it's a large problem but it's a bit > of a contradiction to operate as an individual just to involve your employer > in some of the ASF processes. It all depends upon the specific wording of one's contract

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Gunnar, I think that you present a reasonable scenario. We even allow individuals to use an alias for their public names. We do want to know the real names on the ICLA. Rather than “private donation” I think “unaffiliated” or “” is better. As you understand we want to know affiliation as a

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Gunnar Tapper
gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:07 AM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Affiliation vs. individual > > Hi, > > I've discussed this with a few individuals but would like to raise the > discussion with a larger group. > > Situation > &g

RE: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Dave Birdsall
? Dave -Original Message- From: Gunnar Tapper [mailto:tapper.gun...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 4, 2017 11:07 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Affiliation vs. individual Hi, I've discussed this with a few individuals but would like to raise the discussion

Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hi, I've discussed this with a few individuals but would like to raise the discussion with a larger group. Situation As contributors to the ASF, we represents ourselves as individuals. Some of us contribute to projects as part of our employment, some of us donate our time privately. Discussion