On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 06:05:31PM -0600, inode0 wrote: >> Even here I think you should consider the issue and share your >> thoughts about it. If those folks ever do get together to work on this >> issue they will be better off with your contribution to the cesspool >> of ideas floating around in the project. > > Ouch, "cesspool"? :-) (No worries John, I think I knew what you > meant, it just made me chuckle this morning for some reason.) I often refer to an abstract pool of ideas as a cesspool since I expect almost all of them to be waste. But I also think of this cesspool as the source of much magic when some of the good ideas in there find each other and out of that comes something special. I didn't mean it in a negative way, more a humorous characterization of a large somewhat random pool of thought. I'll post a bit more about this in another thread soon. > I think Max also clarified in a way that jibes well with what you > wrote here. I think what you're suggesting is there should be > followup with the people or team that is responsible (or could be > responsible) for the work in question. That way, there's not a > misconception that the Board is saying "not our problem," as opposed > to "well, you don't need us to decree this, let's talk together with > these folks over here to see how this could just move forward." > > Does that about sum it up? Pretty much. I'm not sure it would be the Board's responsibility to track or do followup. I think it is the Board's responsibility to make people who come to it with concerns or ideas not feel marginalized doing so. And I think by responding to folks in a way that shows you cared enough to actually consider and think about what they said goes a long way even if in the end you explain why can't wave a magic wand and just make it happen. It is the advisory board and I think by doing more advising people feel better treated and the culture around the project is improved by the existence of the advice. John _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
