Before writing this: I should clarify this fact. I was elected as committer by “THREE TIMES” at *@*.apache.org mailing lists before becoming a first individual and outside USA sponsor ( http://an.to/asf ). Anyone can not buy @apache.org account : declaration:
—- As an ex-sponsor of the apache software foundation I would like to write various thing here.Before that, to be honest, the current board members are so much OBSOLETE from my point of views. Compile the tasks and go emertus I recommend as an ex-sponsor (individual). December Last Year or around, I sent messages to all the members in @apache.org (committers + members) as a sponsor. In general, “I do not know button” would never happen (See the thanks.html PAGE, guys) – because just “archive” button exist – however some (generally) nuts had pushed “I do not know” button and my linkedin account suspended for a few days. (My heart was just saying in cruel: at that time) See the thanks.html page, MEMBERS! Plus, my sponshorship was not “tax-deductive”. Understand that? Gradually found out there lays the critical difference between the USA/European Foundations/NPOs and Japanese ones. One of the NPOs which I am getting involved (donating) in — named “Tsubasa” (for the gifted in Japan / NPO — “tsubasa = wings”) : Tsubasa’s chair said to me “it is not a good joke because there are persons who donated 2000USD or more to us”. (It was just a mistake of him: I was just joking as I knew the policitians and chair of the re-form of japanese gov. — 12 years, so just joking) This attitude is Japanese NPOs’ style. Normal attitudes towards the donators. All the components (Apache members) should “thank” to those donated or sponsored as a matter of course — this IS the rule of NPOs at least in Japan. ….. And “I don’t know button”? …. and spam? … and abrupt suspension? Cultural difference or the arrogance of the bureaucratic Foundation, which operates OPEN sources — anyways. My heart is crying …. Today is my birthday. Tetsuya Kitahata — kitahata@99.alumni.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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