[maemo-community] [maemo2midgard] proposal for @maemo.org email usage

[From: Ferenc Szekely]

Gil Quim (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote:
> There is no software project giving away email addresses to any
> contributor. There is always a level of responsibility and
> commitment.
> 
> It is not even clear what 'contributing to maemo' means today.
> 
OK, let's forget about contributors, but talk about real roles. I am
considering myself an active member of this community, but I am in the
background. I am involved with the web apps and infrastructure, where I
have a key role, just like everybody else who is basically on this list.
Yes, I get paid for it, but so what. It is not about the money.

Everybody who has a key role in his/her field in the maemo project
should be able to use a @maemo.org address. The development teams could
propose key people in their "micro-community". If I were them I would
pick guys who found crucial bugs, submitted patches, or ideas. We know
that code contribution from non-Nokia developers (incl. partner
companies, organizations) is not part of the maemo practices yet, but as
I feel this is the direction you are steering the boat now.

I did not mean giving away email aliases, I just proposed something
based on chatting with others in the team. Dave said it right, people
should earn "maemo.org" addresses. Let's come up with the definition of
"earning" ;)

-ferenc

> --- original message --- From: "ext Ferenc Szekely"
> <ferenc.szekely at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [maemo2midgard] proposal for
> @maemo.org email usage Date: 8th May 2008 Time: 4:06:05 pm
> 
> Gil Quim (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote:
>> Which 'people' are you talking about? Who could get one?
>> 
> As I wrote: "basically let everyone have a maemo.org address who is
> an active contributor to the project."
> 
> -ferenc
> 
>> 
>> --- original message --- From: "ext Ferenc Szekely"
>> <ferenc.szekely at gmail.com> Subject: [maemo2midgard] proposal for
>> @maemo.org email usage Date: 8th May 2008 Time: 3:30:41 pm
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Marcell, Niels and myself were chatting about @maemo.org addresses.
>> This is a proposal based on our discussion:
>> 
>> Let people use @maemo.org address for conversation on the maemo 
>> (including garage too). People who wish to "talk" on other channels
>>  about maemo could also use maemo.org address, but it is again
>> their own decision.
>> 
>> Many contributors from Nokia have already m.o aliases, but only a
>> few of them have ever used it. By contributors I mean hackers, doc
>> writers, managers, managers of managers, etc...
>> 
>> So basically let everyone have a maemo.org address who is an active
>>  contributor to the project.
>> 
>> We, as the "infrastructure (or web admin) team" could start using
>> such addresses with appropriate signatures, if you support the
>> idea. The signature below is just an example and may change in the
>> future. Depends on what we decide inside the team ;)
>> 
>> Please voice your opinion. -- Ferenc Szekely
>> 
>> developer, sysadmin maemo.org - infrastructure team
>> 
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