Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 19389 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2010 22:03:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 22 Jul 2010 22:03:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 14907 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jul 2010 22:03:42 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-community-dev-archive@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 14793 invoked by uid 500); 22 Jul 2010 22:03:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@community.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@community.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@community.apache.org Received: (qmail 14785 invoked by uid 99); 22 Jul 2010 22:03:41 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:03:41 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [82.71.204.226] (HELO cpanelsmarthost2.zen.co.uk) (82.71.204.226) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:03:31 +0000 Received: from [82.71.204.9] (helo=zencphosting06.zen.co.uk) by cpanelsmarthost2.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oc3rD-00039V-BS for dev@community.apache.org; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:03:11 +0000 Received: from client0346.vpn.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.117.90]) by zencphosting06.zen.co.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Oc3rC-0003aG-Jw; Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:03:10 +0100 Message-ID: <4C48C01D.7050407@apache.org> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:03:09 +0100 From: Ross Gardler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dev@community.apache.org CC: Simone Gianni , private@labs.apache.org, Shane Curcuru Subject: Re: Boosting participation and community in Apache Labs? References: <4C473D79.80600@shanecurcuru.org> <4C481394.5020800@apache.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - zencphosting06.zen.co.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - community.apache.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apache.org X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 22/07/2010 14:49, Simone Gianni wrote: > The problem is : it is quite underutilized. I'll leave it to the labs PMC to decide whether this is true and whether this is a problem or not. I'll simply remind the labs PMC that if you believe there is anything ComDev can do to help you know where we are. If you want a suggestion, how about a quarterly "newsletter" to be published on the labs site and possibly mailed out to members@ and pmcs@ There are other activities in the ASF that could benefit from such a newsletter (press, board, ConCom, ComDev all spring to mind). The problem is getting the individual PMCs to find the time to create their content and having someone collate and publish it. The chances of finding someone to do the former is increased if we have content (or at least a serious promise of content) coming in. I'm making no promises myself, but if someone is looking for a way to contribute to the foundation I'd be happy to try and make this happen. Ross