[Foundation-l] Changes to the identification policies and procedures

[Steven Walling]

On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb at yahoo.com> wrote:

My real, huge, jaw-hitting-the-floor, issue with your response is that you
> preferred "the news about an upcoming change trickl[e] out into the
> community
> prior to an official announcement" (gossip) over a posting to foundation-l.
>  You
> just don't get it.
>

I do not mean that gossip should be preferred over public announcements as
standard operating procedure. Considering that I've made numerous
announcements about my work to this very list (IRC office hours, 10th
anniversary organizing etc.) I think that's clear.

What I meant is that there is no way to prevent informal discussion about
something that has yet to be announced, so there's no reason to fret over
it. What I *do *find unhelpful is publicly posting about sensitive topic
when you know in advance that people aren't prepared to answer questions
about it yet.