Thomas Dalton wrote:
Yes, I agree IRC logs have problems, in fact this is another reason why I, personally, don't like them. Nevertheless, transparency is everything and in my experience having logs available minimises conspiracy theories (which are inevitable in any succeful community).
The channel is open to anyone and the final decisions are published on meta, I think that's reasonably transparent.
It is *not* open to everyone. That would assume everyone is able to be there 100% of the time.
A log solves the problem quickly, simply and easily. It's not changing any of your processes, but makes the community more inclusive.
Ross