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> Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:35:50 -0400 |
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> From: "William L. Thomson Jr." <wltjr@g.o> |
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> To: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@g.o> |
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> Cc: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] Section 3.3. Special Meetings |
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> On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 21:16 +0000, Ferris McCormick wrote: |
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> > I believe we should establish a mailing list for foundation members |
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> > only just to handle this sort of situation. Maybe something like |
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> > foundation@g.o |
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> Pretty sure this is it :) I thought about mentioning that, but then |
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> that's just creating another list. When this one pretty much exists |
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> already for that purpose. So it's mostly a matter of making sure those |
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> on the member roster are also signed up to the -nfp mailing lists. |
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> Granted some have stated they don't want to be members. But those that |
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> are members. We can surely impose the requirement to be on -nfp. Almost |
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> have direct control over that via infra :). Short of them removing |
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> themselves, us adding them back, so on and so forth. :( |
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> > I don't see how to do a petition --- perhaps my |
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> > brain is numb by now --- but it would be a bit easier I think if we can |
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> > do it. |
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> Yeah, that's the ideal way to go for any group actions 10% or more of |
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> the members would like to see the foundation take or act upon. Meeting |
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> or not, but likely would be decided upon at a meeting. Indirect call for |
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> a meeting either way. |
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> But I am with you, I like to think of myself as creative. But have |
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> little to no thoughts atm how we could go about an electronic petition. |
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> What happens when I go into business mode from creative and |
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> development :( |
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> - -- |
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> William L. Thomson Jr. |
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> amd64/Java/Trustees |
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> Gentoo Foundation |
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Here's a thought. Why not set up a Foundation-members-only forum and do |
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petitions there as a forum thread? |
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Ferris McCormick (P44646, MI) <fmccor@g.o> |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux (Devrel, Sparc, Userrel, Trustees) |