Well you may not need to.
School and sports teams change their names because they are offensive and
the tribe registers a complaint.
In the sense of the Apache foundation, I sincerely donut the tribe will
ever register an official complaint because it is a nonprofit that does
community outreach a
I don’t think anyone’s yet defined the governments to be contacted if a
dialog is what is sought. I’m assuming we mean at minimum the 8 currently
federally recognized tribes in the US:
- Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
- Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
- Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
- Mescaler
In terms of ripple effect, I think we have to be more nuanced. The discussion
appears to have three(probably more) underlying subtexts that we aren’t really
isolating and addressing separately:
- social impact. (Why we’re doing it)
- business impact (How it impacts the folks who use our stuff)
-
>I think we all vastly underestimate the ripple effect such a change might
have.
Is it possible that we are also underestimating the positive effects that
this ripple might have?
When I go to any tech workplace or browse any open source mailing list it’s
very obvious our industry has issues with
How do we change the original intent?
> Our website directly references the Apache tribe, and that data point is
referenced in various web assets of which we have no control.
Speaking of creativity:
It might be far easier to actively track and nag everyone to change once
ASF changes it rather th
Creative!
How do we change the original intent?
Our website directly references the Apache tribe, and that data point is
referenced in various web assets of which we have no control.
This is where Andrew's notion of outreach would be absolutely requisite to
determine if disassociation is enough.
I think we all vastly underestimate the ripple effect such a change might have.
I do understand some of the sentiments of people who want change.
However, maybe there is an easier way to handle this issue.
Do we really have to change the name or just disassociate with the
Apache Tribe ? I think t
