On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 10:14 AM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> wrote: > On 1/14/2019 1:01 PM, Julian Hyde wrote: > > I don’t think the “decisions should be made on-list” principle applies to > > all communication. (Otherwise why would we allow hallway conversations at > > conferences?) I’d rather that we make better decisions than be slave to > > principle. > > > It really does apply to everything.
As Mark Twain would say: all generalizations are false. Including this one ;-) > Even if you have the best meeting > in the world, you bring back minutes and decisions made off list for > ratification. That way there is then an archive of the decision and > everyone can participate. I think if you unpack this statement you will see that there's an implicit assumption about "collaborative things". That's 90+% of what ASF does. And the statement applies there 100% -- no disagreement there. But there's also a small portion of things that have to do with humans, personalities and personnel. That's where what - Julian mentioned really starts making sense. At least in my book. Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
