To quote this proposal: WTF? On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Anjana G Bhattacharjee < a.g.bhattachar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 20100722 / APORIA WORK / XIIX > > PROPOSAL SUMMARY > > Previously at Apache, we have had a list named "wo...@a.o" that both men > and > women have posted and subscribed to at varying degrees of overt > participation. > > Now, personally would like to propose having a single email address, to be > named "wo...@apache.org" that can be used by both men and women to make a > post. > > This email address would ostensibly be assigned to one person, e.g. me, to > start with, and once a working technical specification has been agreed, if > possible, all other persons would be able to invoke use of it in any > situation where he/she/they sees fit and/or where he/she/they may find it > preferable to disclosing their usual email address at the time of use, > albeit in good faith. > > All posts that use this facility, subject to technical feasibility, can > then > be queried in digest form and reviewed periodically together with access to > a limited context for each instance of use in order to be able to gauge its > usefulness, mysteriousness, and/or otherwise for any reason whatsoever, as > the case may turn out to be. > > PROPOSAL FEATURES AND BENEFITS (1-18) > > 1. The Prime Mover, e.g. me, is assigned the wo...@a.o as their email > address. > 2. The email address can then be used by any list member to post to any > list to which he/she/they may be subscribed as a current list member, by > way > of an alternative option to using their usual - and known - subscriber's > email address, as if to be wearing the wo...@a.o hat so to speak, for > that specific instance of use. > 3. The Prime Mover can only verify their own posts, and so all other > posts appearing on lists bearing the email address wo...@a.o are > anonymous to the Prime Mover. Similarly, any other person using this > email > address can only verify their own posts, and in this sense, it may be > advisable for persons to keep a personal archive of their posts should > questions of validity arise in due course, albeit this is not compulsory. > 4. Any person can request a digest of all instances of use of the email > address wo...@a.o in limited context for the lists for which he/she/they > are legitimately subscribed to only. For example, the Prime Mover, e.g. > me, > may not be able to request a digest for private lists in the event that > subscription approval is pending. As such, it is encouraged that each > list > learn to collaboratively digest their own digests, so that the Prime > Mover > can move on in due course. > 5. When an incident arises that may be of possible note in the public > interest, the matter may be suggested as a possible topic for discussion > on > the d...@community.a.o list, or any other such list that may be set up to > accommodate such "womAn"-specific discussion should this be preferred. > 6. The Prime Mover may offer summary observations at periodic intervals > to the designated discussion list, at his/her/their sole discretion. > 7. As the use of the email address wo...@a.o becomes a trusted option > for > those persons that find uses for it, in whatever way, shape, or form, > this > inventive code-of-practice may be considered for productization. > 8. As a possible product, implementing a wo...@a.n.other facility (as > distinct from a service) could pave the way for fee-based consultancy > services. Demand for consultancy is initially directed toward the Prime > Mover in order to pull together a relevant team at his/her/their > discretion. > This is where a person who has been actively using the wo...@a.ofacility > may wish to verify his/her/their role in specific instances in order to > validate his/her/their portfolio of experiences when offering to join the > team of consultants that then get employed externally. > 9. 10% of any income generated by providing the impetus for any such > derivative employment, if any, will be held in a common wo...@a.o Trust > Fund (WTF). > 10. The cash accrued in the WTF, to the aporia-alogoritmic sum of X, will > first be used as prize monies for an inaugral mixed-match Golf tournament > to > be offered as a BarCamp activity during the Vancover 2011 meeting, with > competitions designed for both proficient players and non-players alike > [2], > in order to celebrate the diversity of inclusive forms of valuing > participation which in turn can serve to widen forms of participating in > our > meritocracy, perhaps. > 11. Each team entering the wo...@a.o Golf Tournament (WGT) pays a blind > donation based on his/her/their ability to pay. For example, Labs [3] may > enter a team which is sponsored by Labs for which Labs collectively > attracts > external sponsorship in addition which they collectively donate as a > group, > or alternatively, Labs may prefer that individuals from Labs donate > individually as per their underlying work ethic perhaps, all other things > being equal. Friends/family/guests may also be invited by team members to > play on their team, and/or support their team by > caddying/spectating/whatev > - i.e. the point is not so much to compete, but to play at our leisure. > 12. Any monies raised by the variable fees in total is donated to the On > Course Foundation [1]. > 13. Any monies that have been generated through the merchandising of the > wo...@a.o brand up to and including the day of the WGT, if any, is also > donated to the On Course Foundation on this inaugral occasion. > 14. wo...@a.n.other company merchandising may be granted under licence > to > clients of any derivative consultancy services with any monies accruing > to > the WTF, if any. > 15. If the WTF continues to grow beyond the inaugral WGF in Vancouver > 2011, then as soon as the surplus funds reach the aporia-algorithmic sum > of > X, payment of X will be made to the Prime Mover, i.e. me, for the > origination of this idea. If the funds continue to grow beyond the sum of > X, > as soon as it has reached a sum of X again, this may be divided into 10 > equal shares to be distributed amongst the 10 trustees of the WTF. Nine > founding trusteeships of the WTF will initially be offered to all those > who > posted a vote with regards to wo...@a.o's previous incarnation as the > wo...@a.o list, plus a tenth to be offered by way of Honorary Chair to > Denise (as is the Prime Mover's, i.e. my own, preference with all due > respect) > 16. Beyond such one off payments being made, primarily for the purposes > of demonstrating the aporia-algorithmic sum of X in practice, the WTF can > be > used for a next round of iterative development if needs be. > 17. Alternatively and/or additionally, the proposed integration of > wo...@a.o into an Apache code of practice may be deemed a success for > all > Apache intents and purposes and the wo...@a.o project is archived for > open educational purposes, together with any documentation generated by > any > derivative employment undertaken subject to client agreement. In this > sense, > it is anticipated that the technical aspects of implementing a > wo...@a.n.other client may necessarily require a bespoke implementation > confidential to the clients own email system in some cases. However, it > may > be that some technical aspects of the wo...@a.o orginal may be > packageable into a FLOSS offering in the first instance. In the second > instance, clients that wish to go it alone based on the possible richness > of > their own existing codes of practices would be encouraged to do so, with > possible scholarly peer review services rather than a full set of > consultancy services being offered as a more affordable alternative in > due > course, albeit this may not be available from the outset whilst capacity > building for such possible service provision remains in scholarly > incubation. > 18. Irrespective of whether or not the wo...@a.o facility can be > productized at any stage, it is hoped that our inaugral wo...@a.o Golf > Tournament can become a growing annual and inclusive offering, at least > until 2016 when Golf is due to feature as an Olympic sport for the first > time. As such, it is hoped that our efforts at understanding possibly > different inclusive codes of practice, as against otherwise exclusive > codes, > can continue to deepen, not only across genders, but also across > generations, cultures, and the differently-abled living beings that we > might > happen to be. Further, it is hoped that our interaction with the On > Course > Foundation can inspire its membership to be open to including all > nationalities without borders, i.e. not just across the UK and US as at > present, at pace with our own efforts, if not faster, in the full spirit > of > free as in liberty, not just free as in beer. > > [1] http://www.oncoursefoundation.com/ > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations_of_golf > [3] labs.apache.org > > All rights are reserved generally >
