On 8/5/13 8:05 AM, "Marvin Humphrey" <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote:
>On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote: >> On 8/2/13 9:36 AM, "Roman Shaposhnik" <r...@apache.org> wrote: >>>On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Christian Grobmeier >>><grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Marvin Humphrey >>>><mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: >>>> I think either the Champion or the Chair should do it. I have a slight >>>> preference for the chair. The champion is already known to the >>>>project. >>>> Having the chair saying "Hi" is like some formal, official welcome >>> >>>Good point! >> >> Agreed, but it would be more welcoming and more of a "committee" if >> several folks took the time to welcome. > >That sounds hard to coordinate, because all the members of the "committee" >would have to subscribe to the podling dev list in order to reply on the >welcome thread. Despite the best of intentions, I would anticipate >diminishing participation over time. Would they have to subscribe or would it just go to moderation and a moderator could push it through. I wasn't thinking there'd be dozens, just more than one. > >How about if either the Champion or the Mentor who handles mailing list >set-up >sends a cross-posted "Welcome Foo to the Incubator" message to the >podling dev >list and general@incubator once the dev list goes live? That would give >IPMC >members and other interested parties who are already subscribed to >general@incubator the chance to say hello. And embedding a ><mailto:dev-subscr...@foo.incubator.apache.org> link would give people an >opportunity to get involved with the podling right as it revs up. +1 -Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
