[Foundation-l] Closing projects policy now official

[Lodewijk]

2011/6/25 Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com>

> On 06/25/2011 11:20 AM, Lodewijk wrote:
> > could someone perhaps explain why the board delegated closing policy to
> > *individual language committee members*? Because as I read it, this
> advice
> > to the board is given by one individual, even if the rest of the
> committee
> > disagrees (there is a two week discussion but in the end it is a
> > one-person-call). Also, I do not understand why the *language* committee
> has
> > a role in this in the first place. Is closing projects often about
> whether
> > or not it actually is a language (the expertise field of langcom)?
>
> The answer to the last question is simple: Nobody else bothered to
> normalize the situation and Robin took initiative. (Besides that, all of
> the issues were described inside of the LangCom report from the meeting
> in Berlin, so you could object before. And it was not posted at the
> regional court on Alpha Centaur, but on this list, as well.)
>

As you may remember, the report was very long, and even though I speeded
through it, I did not notice it since I wouldn't ever expect it there :) The
fact you published it before doesnt make arguments less valid though.

I do agree we need some procedure, I am just not sure this is the right
one.

Just to be super clear: the board approved this procedure explicitely in a
vote? (I can't find the resolution yet on foundationwiki)

Lodewijk