Regarding Appointments and other matters

Marty Vance <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:27:23 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.cms.xaraya.devel
Organization Xaraya
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Recently there has been some speculation about how and to whom the PMC 
has made appointments to positions.  So far, these have been:

- Qa Managers: Hb and Pev (still pending)
- Site Manager: Bigteeth (accepted)
- 2x Core Team Lead: random (accepted)

There is reason behind them, which is neither nefarious nor underhanded. 
    These appointments are based on those people taking assertive 
action, especially in the past few weeks, to help get Xaraya moving 
again as a project.  There is no financial motivation whatsoever behind 
any of these appointments.  They are based wholly on merit, ability, and 
recent display of interest on the part of the appointees.

Anyone's local government corruption is not apropos to Xaraya in any 
way, shape, or form.

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and feedback.  However, public statements which impugn, denegrate or 
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- generally agitate or instigate
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is now advised to read the Code of Conduct again: 
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