Hi Max, Max via foundation-list <foundation-list@gnome.org> wrote: ... > Could you promise to think a way --- Everyone get "Minutes of the board > meeting" in a very close time?
Thanks for the question and for raising this issue. It's really helpful for the board to know what the ongoing concerns of the membership are. I agree that fast publishing of the minutes is a good thing, and is something that we should improve on. In the past I did a short stint as secretary, and during that time I made it a priority to get the minutes out quickly, which I think I did, and I seem to recall that people reacted positively. The challenge is that speed of publishing depends on the board's capacity. To be blunt: we're busy there often aren't people queuing up to do the job. For example, Philip Chimento is our current secretary, but he's been tied up with some urgent, fairly time-consuming work for the Foundation (thanks Philip!), and no one has been able to take up the slack. But I do think that the board should work on this issue, and I can think of some options for what to do: 1. When the officers and responsibilities for the new board are decided, the board could opt to reduce the workload on the secretary. For example, they could be exempt from committee liaison responsibilities. 2. We can create a mechanism so that the board is updated about which minutes have been published. This could be an update from the secretary at the beginning of each meeting, or it could be an issue to which the board is subscribed. 3. The secretary doesn't have to be a director, so if there's no one on the board who is able to perform the role adequately, we could ask for volunteers and appoint someone from the community. The first point is something to consider when the new board takes over, the second is something that the board should look at as soon as its able, and the third is probably a fallback option to consider if things aren't going well. Thanks agin, Allan _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list