On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 06:11 -0700, Jeff Schroeder wrote: > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 3:53 AM, Bastien Nocera <had...@hadess.net> wrote: > ... snip ... > >> what about recording how board members vote > >> on a given topic. This includes +1 / -1 / abstains and perhaps give a > >> small comment on any -1 or abstain. > > > > Stormy brought this up last year, to a number of individual members of > > the Board, but we failed to put it in place. It places a large strain on > > the minute taker though, so I guess we'll have to see the technicalities > > of implementing it. > > Perhaps there is a way some of this could be automated? Brian does a > great job of keeping insanely detailed minutes, but I fear anything > with a bus factor of exactly 1. This would be greatly enhanced if more > of the meetings (not saying all of them mind you) were in IRC. There > could even be an application that helps tally the votes and whatnot. I > dunno, but this is not an insurmountable problem. Again... where > possible, the Board should set the example for openness just like when > GNOME set the example for openness before QT was free software.
I didn't say that some sort of automation couldn't be implemented, just that it hasn't yet. Volunteers more than welcome. Right now, the note taking is done through a gobby instance. Given that gedit has collaboration tools, and support for some versions of gobby server, it could be done through a custom plugin. Would be a neat trick. > >> In my opinion, as an open > >> foundation, the transparency of the board is absolutely critical > >> _where possible_. Leaders should always set the example for members. > > > > Agreed. > > _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list