Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Reminder for kernel summit nominations

[Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>]

On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 May 2014 11:40:35 -0400
>> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> -linux-kernel
>>>
>>
>>> I deliberately didn't include lists of names of "people that would be
>>> useful if we're going to have discussion X", since we that presupposes
>>> that we are definitely going to have a particular discussion.  If you
>>> see someone who you think should attend regardless of whether we
>>> decide to include topic X, please send a separate nomination.
>>
>> I don't know why not. Even if we do not decide to talk about discussion
>> X, it does not hurt to add people that are useful to the discussion in
>> the nomination list. Just because they were mentioned, means they
>> probably have some importance to the kernel and should be considered.
>>
>> That doesn't mean that we are going to invite them, any more than we
>> would invite others on the list.
>
> That was kind of my thinking as well.  Put another way, not having
> their name on any list guarantees they won't get an invite.  I'd
> rather at least allow for the possibility...
>
> If it would be helpful, I can go back through the threads today and
> draft a topic specific nomination list of those not already on the
> list otherwise.

It was easier to just do it before I forgot about it, so I'll send a
new thread shortly.

josh