James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
I have a strong bad feeling about making the expenditure (of such a large fraction of our treasury) without general-group notification and allowing some reaction time.
I think I agree. Notifying the group at a meeting before going forward is probably a good thing as there are some people who do not subscribe to the mailing lists.
I am disinclined to put further discussion about this on the main mailing list. Anyone who is on the list and cares should have followed the discussion to -steer as we pointed out.
However, the longer I think about it, the less inclined I am to put it to an official vote at a meeting. I think I would rather let the reaction to the proposal guide our actions rather than a vote.
An official vote could have polarizing ramifications when we could probably address any truly major objections in a much more accommodating fashion.
If no one else wishes to, I would be willing to write the steering committee report/recommendation. Even though I had been lobbying for lower-end goods, I would certainly report the general consensus, and that there is no significant dissent.
That would probably be a good thing. -a -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
