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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org>
To: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@gentoo.org>
Cc: trustees <trustees@gentoo.org>,
	gentoo-project <gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org>,
	infra <infra@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Communication with Foundation Members
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:48:40 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090121234840.GD15870@comet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1232559119.31989.179.camel@liasis.inforead.com>

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On 17:31 Wed 21 Jan     , Ferris McCormick wrote:
> 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.

A moderated foundation-announce (much like gentoo-announce) would be 
good. Imagine gentoo-announce without the GLSAs, and that's about the 
amount of traffic that I consider suitable for a mandatory list.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com

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  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-21 23:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-21 17:31 [gentoo-project] Communication with Foundation Members Ferris McCormick
2009-01-21 23:48 ` Donnie Berkholz [this message]
2009-01-22 16:15 ` [gentoo-project] Re: [gentoo-nfp] " Richard Freeman
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-01-30  1:32 [gentoo-project] " Ferris McCormick

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