On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Kenneth Brotman < kenbrot...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> Chris Mattmann acted without authority and completely improperly as an > Apache Software Foundation board member as a board member on their own has > no authority. Their authority is to participate and vote at board > meetings. They are not allowed to transact business, they are not supposed > to force themselves on anyone or order anyone around. The one that was > acting controlling was this idiot board member that has caused this > situation between DataStax and the rest of our community. > > > > Furthermore, when he instructed Cassandra legend Jonathan Ellis, the > Cassandra PMC Chair to include certain information in a report to the > Apache Software Foundation board that escalated the matter to something > that was before the board. > > > > I am not an attorney and this should not be taken as legal advice! > > > > It is clear to me as one someone who is experienced and trained as a board > member that Chris Mattmann and the ASF itself probably will find themselves > in court over this. I think a lot of folks should raise this matter with > their legal counsel. > > > > What happened is not trivial. It is news worthy. I suggest people talk > to the media about this story. Ask them to investigate and report the > story. > > > > Is APC interfering with other communities? > Kenneth, I really think you need to pump the brakes here. You're leveling some pretty serious accusations, and have now resorted to personal attacks; This is not constructive. *From:* Kenneth Brotman [mailto:kenbrot...@yahoo.com.INVALID] > *Sent:* Saturday, February 24, 2018 3:29 PM > *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org > *Subject:* RE: Gathering / Curating / Organizing Cassandra Best Practices > & Patterns > *Importance:* High > > > > If you read the email message, the first link below, you’ll see that it’s > a well intending Apache Foundation board member who could not grasp how our > community functioned. Apache Foundation messed up our community by the way > they handled a routine inquiry, leaving no option for DataStax but to seek > legal counsel. I’ve been there. Your own legal counsel deal the final > blow. They tell you all communication has to go through them. They tell > you there has to be clear separation. They say you have to take their > advice or they will not keep defending you and you will not any personal > protection. Anyone can be sued and you will be liable for defending > yourself. Sound familiar! > > > > Everyone kept saying that everything was good. That the community, our > community liked the way things worked. > > > > I call on Apache Foundation to reach out to DataStax and fix the mess > forthwith! Report openly on your efforts. You can fix your mess Apache > Foundation. This email says it all. A total miscall: > https://www.mail-archive.com/dev@cassandra.apache.org/msg09090.html. And > the guy has a PhD! > > > > Kenneth Brotman > > > > *From:* Kenneth Brotman [mailto:kenbrot...@yahoo.com.INVALID > <kenbrot...@yahoo.com.INVALID>] > *Sent:* Saturday, February 24, 2018 12:58 PM > *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org > *Subject:* RE: Gathering / Curating / Organizing Cassandra Best Practices > & Patterns > > > > Jon, > > > > This is considered the start of the problem: https://www.mail-archive.com/ > d...@cassandra.apache.org/msg09050.html > > > > That’s according to this well sourced article called “Fear of Staxit: What > next for ASF’s Cassandra as biggest donor cuts back” > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/14/datastax_versus_asf_staxeit/ > > > > I am one of the people who didn’t know the history and is now as this > article describes, caught between “A Rock and a hard place…: > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/a-rock-and-a-hard-place-between-scylladb-and- > cassandra/ > > > > I bet it’s been painful for everyone. It’s really said. > > > > Kenneth Brotman > -- Eric Evans john.eric.ev...@gmail.com
