>
> I think that summarizing "IRC" is insane. 

and there is no need for it either. as stated elsewhere much of what is 
going on on IRC is 'goofing off' - for which IRC is excellent. (heck - i 
should goof off more often :-)

i dont mind the day-to-day work stuff going on on IRC exclusively - but 
when discussions about the future directions of a project and the decision 
making process are held on IRC exclusively, then that is not helpful in 
attracting new blood. for one because there is no history but also because 
they may not use IRC that much.

> Remember we barely got
> summaries of council meetings (which are at a fixed time and date)
> until we got a secretary devoted explicitly to that task.  

> Maybe more
> teams should take up the meeting model; that way non-IRC folks can
> either be on IRC for meeting times only, or peruse the meeting notes
> afterwards if they are interested in what happened.

yeah - the kde team is leading the way here. granted - this model may not 
work for everybody...

regards
Thilo