Hi It sounds like there are mixed feelings about allowing this so I will respond back to them saying that we'd prefer that they don't distribute any ASF material.
Thanks Sharan On 2016-08-15 18:22 (+0200), Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find the proposed situation very distasteful. Hortonworks marketing and > sales efforts have traditionally been oriented around on claiming effective > control over Apache projects (tag lines like "We do Hadoop" can easily be > canted to "WE do Hadoop" and historically it has been). In the past, it has > even gotten to the point where a HW founder threatened me personally to get > me not to come to a user group meeting (I went anyway). > > So, given that HW and Apache members associated with HW have a long history > of claiming both association and endorsement, I don't think it is at all > appropriate to be doing this out of the Hortonworks booth. > > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Great you are connecting with Women in Big Data! > > > > I think as long as they are not claiming association or endorsement it > > should be fine to redistribute ASF marketing material (which license > > do we have on those?), even if an ASF committer is not always there. > > > > Separation is the key, e.g. keep the ASF posters/flyers separate from > > WiBD and Hortonworks posters/flyers. > > > > > > Apache(tm) and the Apache feather logo are still protected trademark, > > so they can't be used as part of the stand's banners without > > permission. > > > > On 15 August 2016 at 09:58, Sharan Foga <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Rich > > > > > > I've just found out that the booth at Grace Hopper will actually be a > > Hortonworks one. They are a sponsor of Women in Big Data. I know the ASF > > prefer not to be aligned with any one company so am checking if this > > changes the situation. > > > > > > One idea they have suggested, is that they know that at least one ASF > > Committer will be present at the conference (possibly two) so they could > > make sure that the ASF material is only offered when a Committer is also > > present at their booth. Could this be an acceptable solution? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Sharan > > > > > > On 2016-07-29 18:59 (+0200), Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > >> It is preferable to have someone able to answer questions, but I don't > > >> think we'd refuse. > > >> > > >> On Jul 26, 2016 9:00 AM, "Sharan Foga" <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Hi All > > >> > > > >> > I was chatting yesterday to a contact from the Women in Big Data group > > >> > (WiBD) > > >> > > > >> > https://www.womeninbigdata.org/ > > >> > > > >> > and they mentioned that they would be represented at the Grace Hopper > > >> > Celebration of Women in Computing event in Houston later this year. I > > hear > > >> > that conference tickets are pretty much sold out. > > >> > > > >> > They have a stand are willing to distribute ASF marketing material on > > our > > >> > behalf. I didn't know if that was OK or not so am asking here. As the > > ASF > > >> > may not be officially represented at that conference â would another > > >> > organisation distributing ASF material be an issue? > > >> > > > >> > Thanks > > >> > Sharan > > >> > > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Stian Soiland-Reyes > > Apache Taverna (incubating), Apache Commons > > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
