I liked the three sentences Joan outlined, and overall the idea of spelling out the things we value.
Thank you! On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 at 06:39, Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org> wrote: > I'm travelling and on holiday this week, but my $0.02: > > Stop trying to find a single word for what we mean. It's too subtle: > > > > When using the word 'Meritocracy', is is important to > > > explain on which merits the meritocracy is based : > > > -- community building > > > -- software construction > > > -- whatever > > > > This is the main issue, and one where the traditional ASF usage of > > "merit" is subtly different than the dictionary definition: > > If it's *so* important to us, break it out into two or three things. > > * "The people who do the work get to lead the work" > * "We remember and like people who do good work" > * "As time passes, your contributions don't devalue" > > etc. > > Yes, we're international, and we can tailor this message in other > languages as necessary. We shouldn't therefore justify use of a > word that has this many problems and this much baggage in English, > however. > > -Joan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
