On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On May 14, 2016 10:26 PM, "Walter Bender" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > what is the harm in keeping them on the list? (Our membership list has > never been well-correlated with the active contributors in any case.) > > The harm is two fold. Initially that the list says it is a list of active > contributors, so having it not be that is problematic because it is > confusing: we either ought to redefine it accurately, or prune it. On a > deeper level it means referenda are a mirage, since it is impossible to get > replies from people completely disengaged, and it means that SL appears to > be a large and complex entity when it is not. > Valid points. But I guess I am not sure how we manage the pruning process. Some people come and go based on their availability. I can think of several people -- cjl and sean for example -- who have been quite active of late after a hiatus of 12+ months. I want to make sure we don't cut off our nose to spite our face. -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org>
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