Re: "Private Foundation-List" Petition for referendum

[Xavier Bestel <xavier bestel free fr>]

On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 09:30 +0100, Koen Martens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 07:04:50PM -0700, Stormy Peters wrote:
> > Are there people on this list that are not GNOME Foundation members? If so,
> > can you speak up? It would be good for everyone to know why you subscribe to
> > foundation-list and the value you see in it.
> 
> Speaking up.
> 
> I'm currently one of the main organisers for GUADEC 2010, and as such
> find it informative to keep up to speed with what moves the foundation. 
> 
> So if you decide to make this a private list, i hope an exception can be
> made for non-foundation members such as me who have a very valid excuse
> to be on the list.. Or at least share what's going on within the
> foundation on a regular and easily accesible manner.

Speaking up,

there's a GNOME microcosm you have to follow closely enough if you want
to understand what happens on more general media like Planet GNOME. And
those open discussions are sometimes very interesting to follow.
I'm a nearly read-only Foundation-List subscriber, and intend to stay
that way.

	Xav