Traroth wrote:
The Foundation has more and more work, so question is not if more people is to be involved. That's obvious. Question is if *the community* is to be more and more involved.
And the answer is: yes.
Yeah ? Then just say where this important decisions are discussed, because I don't know, and I think i'm not the only one. Obviously not on this mailing-list...
Important decisions are discussed here on this mailing list, on the wiki, in public irc meetings, in private emails (i.e. often people have questions, and just email privately, and get a private answer).
Could communications be improved? Yes, of course, but this is something we have all known for a long time. I believe that the core problem is not a lack of information flow, but excessive flow of raw information which makes it hard for anyone to keep up with it all.
I think you have completely failed to comprehend the seriousness of the issues facing the business side of the foundation. It is *not* just about paying the bills and refreshing domain subscriptions. We are growing inevitably into a major enterprise with a multi-million dollar annual budget. There is no way around that, other than simply refusing to grow and letting the site run slow because we don't have the servers.
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Yeah, but that's some years ahead. For the moment, it's not the case, so each thing in its time. Lucky enough you don't let build some skyscraper, because some day, it could be necessary as a headquarter.
That is *not* "some years ahead"... it is *today*.
--Jimbo