Re: [PSF-Community] PSF Newsletter

2018-11-30 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
[Antoine] > Can you simply post a link every quarter to this list? I would find that convenient as well. Regards, Matt ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community

[PSF-Community] Where is the PSF's budget posted?

2017-05-19 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Can someone remind me where the PSF's budget is posted? Some Googling doesn't seem to find it for me. Regards, Matt ___ PSF-Community mailing list PSF-Community@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community

Re: [PSF-Community] [PSF-Vote] Members Needed for PSF Sponsor WG

2016-06-07 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
[Marc-Andre Lemburg] > Let's practice some more by engaging the voting members in more > decisions and by the time we run next year's board election, things > should have settled in just fine (so he says...). I personally think that's an excellent idea. And here's a thought: PEP 1 says that a PEP

Re: [PSF-Community] board candidates: tell me about transparency

2016-05-29 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Please correct me if I get any quoting below wrong, it seems to have come through a bit confused. [Steve Holden] > For Heaven's sake. We elect a board to look after these issues. You > can't expect to second-guess every deliberation. If you want to do > that, stand for the board. [Karl Karsten] >

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
[Marc-Andre] > Thank you for explaining your concern in more detail. This makes it > easier to understand why you think we should have put this up for a > members vote. > the board remains ultimately responsible for any decisions in this > direction. I disagree. I think that the membership is ult

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Steve, > I would remind Matthew that the long experience of many boards was > that the membership generally didn't want to be bothered with the > details of what was done on their behalf. I would be sad to think that. I'm mostly silent because I generally think that the board does a splendid job.

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Marc-Andre, > Changes to bylaws are usually implemented by the board. They can > also be put up to vote with the voting members and for larger > changes, the board will generally take that approach. > In this particular case, this wasn't deemed necessary, Thank you, that is an answer to my quest

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Ewa, > I will work on making it more obvious in the future. That is all we > can do I'm sorry but it's not completely clear to me what you mean by "all we can do". Taken literally, that seems to mean that board resolutions can't be changed. But that doesn't seem likely to be the case. Do you mean

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Ewa, > you should be able to access to archives here: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-vote I didn't remember that discussion and, grepping through the text there, I find a small number of hypothetical suggestions buried in a thread in which someone requested background information.

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Marc-Andre, > We did consult the existing sponsor members I'm sorry. perhaps I should have said: I'm surprised that the board didn't consult the non-sponsor membership. Can you tell me the thinking behind that? > As I mentioned in the email, the main purpose is to simplify > sponsor signup. Tha

Re: [PSF-Community] Sponsor Members - Bylaws Revision

2016-05-25 Thread Matthew Dixon Cowles
Marc-Andre, > the board has just approved an amendment of the PSF bylaws to > remove the sponsor membership category. That seems like a big enough change to me that I'm surprised that he membership wasn't consulted. Can you tell me the thinking behind that? Regards, Matt ___