"So rather than worry about these sort if artefacts of institutionalisation or what bad KPIs \& wrong incentives can drive in a corporate world -- lets just make sure together that these conferences are what we want."
I kind of figured that was the point of speaking up; to let you know how vendor based conferences end up pushing out engineers. Owen Rubel oru...@gmail.com On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 8:04 AM Dirk-Willem van Gulik <di...@webweaving.org> wrote: > On 8 Nov 2023, at 13:03, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > Fyi, effective yesterday, I have stepped down as VP conferences. The > > responsibility for that role has passed to VP marketing, but > communication > > around conferences will still happen on the planners mailing list, as it > > has for many years. > > Thanks for many years of undying service and making this event a community > one ! > > > > It's my hope to get a little more engaged on the side of the house, > which, > > of course, I've been trying to do for the last couple of years. > > Amen to that. And as to those that worry about this marketing `takeover' > -- in the end of the day - the ASF, as a fully volunteer ran organisation, > relies on us, as individuals, to strike that balance that makes these > conferences so attractive to us volunteers & our community. We, volunteers > vote with our feet ! > > So rather than worry about these sort if artefacts of institutionalisation > or what bad KPIs \& wrong incentives can drive in a corporate world -- lets > just make sure together that these conferences are what we want. > > :) > > Dw. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
