hi Rogol,
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonfors(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I quite understand that some members of the Board feel
that there are more
important calls on their collective time and resources than engaging
directly with individual members of the community, even though some do feel
that they may be able to as individuals. I note that you feel that it is
possible that returning to this issue next year the Board may be able to
make some improvements (and, we presume, may not). So you propose to park
the issue and maybe do something in the future, but without any sort of
urgency or commitment.
I think there may be a bit of good will misunderstanding. I strongly
believe that the Board members should engage directly with individual
members of the community. I have only acknowledged the fact that our
current technologies are highly imperfect for that.
I think this is completely mistaken. The community
has far more resources,
far better ideas, and far more experience than the Board on its own can
possibly hope to have – if only the Board were willing and able to tap into
it. Constructive engagement would not only pay for itself purely in terms
of avoiding the conflicts which have drained everyone's time and energy in
the past, but also enable the Board to take a more far-sighted and positive
attitude to the future direction of the mission.
This is absolutely a very good point. I definitely believe that the
community has the skills, experience, and ability to help (or heavy-lift on
its own) a number of tech solutions. However, if better communication tools
are not developed from within the community, we still should make them,
that's the point.
The Board's failure to engage effectively with the community until now, and
lack of interest in doing so in the future, is putting the mission at
risk. What a shame.
Again, I have not expressed such a lack of interest, and I don't think
other members did.
best,
dariusz