On 17:31 Wed 21 Jan     , Ferris McCormick wrote:
> So, I suggest we establish a new mailinglist (say,
> foundation-announce@g.o) 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