From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LPgwe-0006Mq-LD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:32:53 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 268B8E037B; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:32:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F08C4E037B; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:32:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.213] (unknown [74.92.132.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1BF664739; Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [gentoo-project] Communication with Foundation Members From: Ferris McCormick To: gentoo-nfp Cc: trustees , gentoo-project , infra Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-5BW9mJiui6fu8Hm/30d5" Organization: gentoo developer Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:31:59 +0000 Message-Id: <1232559119.31989.179.camel@liasis.inforead.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 X-Archives-Salt: e89fe8ff-c2fd-48b1-bc5d-5e9637239286 X-Archives-Hash: 43d2e6c050a35aad5f9109abec74d440 --=-5BW9mJiui6fu8Hm/30d5 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is both a practical and a legal requirement that the Foundation have a means of communicating with its members. Because Gentoo and the Gentoo Foundation do all their work via such media as IRC, email, and the forums, this really means we must have a mailing list to which all Foundation members are subscribed. Roy (NeddySeagoon) believes that this should be a mailing list whose distribution is exactly the Foundation members and to which only the trustees and officers of the foundation may post. After thinking about it for a bit, I agree with him. This would be a very low traffic list because it would be restricted to critical communications from the Foundation to its members. (Think of it as a mailing to stockholders, because that is actually what it is.) So, I suggest we establish a new mailinglist (say, foundation-announce@gentoo.org) and make sure that all members are subscribed to it. I further suggest that we maintain a small list of people who may post to the list so that only communications from the Foundation to its members are sent to it. This fulfills our obligation to be able to send required announcements to the membership (announcing elections, questions put to the membership for approval, and such like). It has the side benefit of giving us immediate validation of the email addresses we have on record for our members and allows us to correct (if possible) any stale email addresses. (If yours changes but you don't tell us, we have no way of knowing unless we send something to you.) Comments? Please respond rather quickly, because as those of you who follow Foundation actions know, we are opening nominations for two trustee positions in a bit over a week. Thanks and regards, Ferris --=20 Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) Developer, Gentoo Linux (Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) --=-5BW9mJiui6fu8Hm/30d5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkl3XA8ACgkQQa6M3+I///eJQgCfRDScq4IZMhSiIi/34lykTNOy sqsAn19sIKtSjByi5jU4H/4N5tNyq21J =45hE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5BW9mJiui6fu8Hm/30d5--