Keeping the board discussion going

[Leon Shiman]

I agree with those who prefer to send straight to this list whatever 
information is available. 

Thanks to Alan for having taken the initiative! 

And if assistance is sometimes needed, you could ask for volunteers. I'm 
surely not the only member willing to help.

Leon  

on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:59:23 -0800 Alan Coopersmith wrote:
>
>One of the things complained about in the election (and most past
>elections, including ones where I complained) was that the communication
>between the board and members tends to happen once a year at election
>time, and that those who want to keep up on board activity haven't been
>able to do so.
>
>While I plan to get the meeting summaries posted to the wiki more often
>(though so far I've failed at meeting that plan), following those would
>require subscribing to the wiki, and doesn't really give any place to ask
>questions or give feedback.
>
>I'm hesitant to just start posting the summaries and meeting agendas to
>members at x.org though, since I don't know if all the members want to be
>involved at that level (and that volume of e-mail, though hopefully it
>will still be lower than the xorg & xorg-devel mailing lists).
>
>What do the members of the list think?   Would you object to a higher
>email volume year round in exchange for being more informed on board
>activities, or should we be looking into setting up a new mailing list
>for those who are interested to subscribe. ( board-discuss at x.org? )
>
>-- 
>	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
>	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
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