Subject: Re: Sponsorship Page Language
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From: "Jonathan S. Katz" <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com>
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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:46:03 -0500
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On Jan 11, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Dave Page wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 4:08 PM, Jonathan S. Katz
> <jonathan.katz@excoventures.com> wrote:
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>> Typo aside in the original text, reading through it did not make sense:
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>> "Sponsorship levels are meant to provide the general public an idea of h=
ow
>> levels are determined."
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>> From that I glean that sponsorship levels tell me how sponsorship levels=
 are
>> determined.  Um...?
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> Hmm, yeah - that doesn't scan so well. I'm not sure it needs a
> complete rewrite though - e.g.
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> "Sponsorship colours are meant to provide the general public an idea
> of how levels are determined."
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> That's still not great and could be improved.
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> I think the important part is actually the second sentence though, as
> that's the bit we wanted to be clear on - and that reads OK to me.

After some off-list discussion, proposal for the first sentence:

"Sponsorship levels are intended to recognize the contributions organizatio=
ns have made to PostgreSQL."

The idea is that we're describing the purpose of sponsorship levels, that t=
hey are used to recognize organizations (whereas individuals are recognized=
 on the contributors page), and the contributions are for PostgreSQL as a w=
hole.

Reading the second sentence further, I can see why there was debate on some=
 of the language choices (e.g. "simple majority" vs "majority" because as w=
e have learned, some measures take a "supermajority" to pass through some o=
rganizations).

Jonathan

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