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