From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113C6995 for ; Fri, 9 May 2014 16:35:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f179.google.com (mail-ob0-f179.google.com [209.85.214.179]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7516B201B3 for ; Fri, 9 May 2014 16:35:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f179.google.com with SMTP id gq1so5139138obb.10 for ; Fri, 09 May 2014 09:35:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jwboyer@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <20140509152319.GA26823@thunk.org> <20140509154035.GE15523@thunk.org> <20140509120144.3ce5657e@gandalf.local.home> Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 12:35:39 -0400 Message-ID: From: Josh Boyer To: Steven Rostedt , "Theodore Ts'o" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] Reminder for kernel summit nominations List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote: >> On Fri, 9 May 2014 11:40:35 -0400 >> Theodore Ts'o 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