On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an complementary suggestion to Marvin's push for documentation. My > request is for a much clearer channel of communication to the board. All > too often, projects wind up communicating with individuals; some board > members, some not. Those individuals are in an unclear state of headware. > Board members are always free to express their personal gut reaction, but I > find that much confusion results from mistaking a gut reaction for an _ex > cathedra_ statement -- and, in the end, board members don't even own such > seats. Only the board together can issue a binding ruling. Since we're > talking IPMC here, perhaps the solution is for the VP to even more actively > take the role of 'bring your troubles to me, and I'll take them up with the > board if I can't settle it.'
I've see that as the most frequent culprit: folks who are new to our game failing to tell apart opinions of the individuals and an opinion of the board. That's why I was so enthusiastically +1 on Marvin's suggestion of codifying at least the few commandments that the *board* can agree upon. Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
