> > You make a lot of good points. Let me be devil's > advocate and make a couple explicit points that I > think you imply above: > > 1) ASF membership is very important > 2) ASF membership is more likely to be contentious > than other decisions for that reason > > Perhaps some middle ground could be reached? A public > discussion on merits followed by a private debate? > Leave the decision of whether or not to address the > candidate directly to each member? Maybe at the end > of the day, the community list is the wrong place for > the ultimate resolution of the process, but it may be > a useful auxiliary tool. > +1.
Greg, you make -- as always -- some very fine points, however Morgan has really pointed it out here. This is an important issue, but sometimes it's nice to have a general forum to gauge opinion :) -- james
