Glynn Foster writes: > I personally don't believe that the OGB calls should be public, though I think > there should be both a public agenda, and public meeting minutes. I worry that > the infrastructure isn't available for public meetings - we could use IRC, but > that inhibits people who can't type fast, we could open up more ports but that > still inhibits people from countries that can't afford to pay the phone > costs. I > think we need a fair level playground for *everyone*, and if we can't achieve > this, then the constitution should be amended.
Really, I think it provides an excellent incentive to find cheap and and open and effective ways to meet. Such as, for instance, email and IRC. Just as IRC inhibits those who don't type quickly (or well), telephone inhibits others. I don't think there's a perfect medium, but they all do have relative advantages and disadvantages. In the case of voice, time (due to that annoyingly and stubbornly round world we have) and cost are potential problems. In this case, though, I doubt we're going to have a flood of people trying to call in, so I don't think it's going to be a problem. Plus, sunshine is a good disinfectant. Try opening it up and see; the worst it can do is fail. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
