Re: Moving toward a more professional booth presence

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Moving toward a more professional booth presence
Date: 2007-06-13 20:52:39
Message-ID: 46705917.8050505@hagander.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>> I still feel this policy is very non-open-source-like, but maybe that is
>>> the point.
>>>
>> How is providing a uniform presence that promotes our community
>> non-open-source-like?
>
> You are basically saying you have to dress a specific way to help, and
> if you don't/can't dress that way, we don't want you in the booth. I
> guess it is like rejecting a patch.

I think the basic idea of making sure that they're always provided, and
*encouraging* people to wear them, is a very good thing.

*Requiring* people to wear them seems like a bad thing. These are after
all volunteers we're talking about - regardless of if they're there on
their own money or on company time (for a pg or other company).

//Magnus

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