On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, Jon Masters wrote: > On Wed, 2010-09-01 at 19:47 -0400, Jon Stanley wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:34 PM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > What is preventing you from just going off and doing it now? I hope > > > you find encouragement but I also hope the board doesn't get in the > > > business of issuing mandates. > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I read what Jon was looking for as more > > of permission than a mandate of "you SHALL do this" - obviously he > > already wants to. I think we should give encouragement to this, > > because I think the data is extraordinarily valuable. Also, he > > mentioned that there are outside companies that could be contracted to > > do this - implying a financial cost. While the board has no finances > > as such to direct, we can certainly say to CommArch or more directly > > Fedora Engineering (as anyone else can) that we think this is a > > valuable use of money. > > > > Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong :) > > You are exactly right Jon. What I want from the Board is: > > 1). "We would like this done". That says I'm not acting alone and that > they agree with doing this. That makes it easier to get others to help > because they will see that this is helpful to the project as a whole. > > 2). The financial cost exists if the Board prefer to have it done > independently of the project, which should be considered, and is another > reason why I have asked that they discuss it. > > I gather this discussion will actually happen on Friday, not tomorrow. > The Board wiki page has had an incorrect meeting time for some time, but > (other) Jon just corrected it at my request. I am unable to attend on > Friday, even if there were a public IRC, since I will be driving to > upstate NY for a weddding. But don't let me gate the discussion. Have at > it, and let me know what is decided. > I'm all for this, I'd like to get someone that knows how to do these things, I suspect we don't have the inhouse expertise to create this sort of survey. -Mike _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
