On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Bence Damokos bdamokos@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Bishakha,
In my opinion, given the generally curious nature of our movement, it might be a good idea to make more preparatory material for the board meetings available publicly in advance. Not necessarily as a way to allow comments or input, but as a matter of transparency. Especially for proposals that are not likely to be changed during the meeting (e.g. the technical bylaw amendments) and that will become public as a result of the board vote, it might be possible to publish them in advance without any adverse consequences, and resulting in greater transparency.
(In this regard, the fact that Sue's recommendations were on Meta already was a great step; without knowing the exact deliberations that happened at the meeting, probably the bylaw amendments and the committee charters could have been made public in advance.)
Fair point. And kudos to Sue for creating her recommendations on Meta.
But I do (now speaking personally) actually agree with your larger point, and this is something we will discuss on the Board and, hopefully, take on board more fully.
Bishakha