Re: please participate in GNOME Foundation discussions

[Bart Decrem <bart eazel com>]

I think "I agree" and "This sucks" messages are quite helpful (although I have
a particular fondness for "I agree" messages:)

bd

Ali Abdin wrote:

> * Havoc Pennington (hp@redhat.com) wrote at 22:45 on 28/07/00:
> >
> > kelly@poverty.bloomington.in.us writes:
> > > This is, by the way, normal, according to the class in interest group
> > > politics I took a couple years ago.  Most interest groups have a
> > > small, vocal core and a large, relatively noiseless, periphery.  A
> > > good way to chase off the periphery is to try to force them to
> > > contribute more than they want.
> > >
> >
> > Well hell, if we have the vocal core figure stuff out, then we get
> > complaints about lack of democracy, and if we try to get more
> > participation everyone is going to leave. ;-)
> >
> > I guess we're screwed. ;-)
> >
> > Anyway, I hope there won't be any forcing, and people can ignore the
> > foundation if they don't care about it. (With the caveat that if said
> > people then flame about it later, it will be annoying.)
>
> Well - part of the problem is people might agree and feel silly for mailing
> list with "I agree" and "Me too" kind of messages.
>
> At least that is why I haven't been that vocal on it :)
>
> I like the current path being taken and I think its a step in the right
> direction.
>
> So, should people mail in with "I agree", or only mail if they have
> constructive critcism?
>
> Regards,
> Ali
>
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