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On 17:31 Wed 21 Jan , Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> So, I suggest we establish a new mailinglist (say, |
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> foundation-announce@g.o) and make sure that all members are |
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> subscribed to it. I further suggest that we maintain a small list of |
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> people who may post to the list so that only communications from the |
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> Foundation to its members are sent to it. This fulfills our obligation |
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> to be able to send required announcements to the membership (announcing |
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> elections, questions put to the membership for approval, and such like). |
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> It has the side benefit of giving us immediate validation of the email |
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> addresses we have on record for our members and allows us to correct (if |
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> possible) any stale email addresses. (If yours changes but you don't |
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> tell us, we have no way of knowing unless we send something to you.) |
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> Comments? Please respond rather quickly, because as those of you who |
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> follow Foundation actions know, we are opening nominations for two |
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> trustee positions in a bit over a week. |
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A moderated foundation-announce (much like gentoo-announce) would be |
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good. Imagine gentoo-announce without the GLSAs, and that's about the |
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amount of traffic that I consider suitable for a mandatory list. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com |