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> On Feb 2, 2017, at 3:15 PM, James Berry via swift-evolution
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> On Feb 2, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky via swift-evolution
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Where do you propose to hold and publicize such a vote in order that the
>> people who would participate on a forum but not on a mailing list―ie. those
>> for whom the switch will be most beneficial―are enfranchised?
>
> The traditional method on a list like this is +1 or -1 in response to a given
> thread. (Note that I’m not calling for such a vote, as I have nothing to
> propose). A perhaps more modern approach would be to give a link to an
> external site that would run the vote/poll.
>
> As to your question of how to reach an audience larger than what we have now
> for a vote, I don’t see any obvious solution: the current community is what
> it is. And I would argue that the current community has invested the most
> time into the project (and likely will going forward) and should have the
> largest vote for how project communication should be facilitated.
I don't know if the idea that knowing how to use/being comfortable with using a
mailing list somehow means your input more valuable than that of someone else
is one that I'm comfortable with.
> I wouldn’t advocate for advertising far and wide over the internet “how
> should the swift-evolution community communicate?”, as this would be a vote
> of the internet, and not of the swift-evolution community.
The entire purpose of this discussion is about how best to open swift-evolution
up to more people. Why would we ignore input from people who may otherwise be
involved?
> I do admit you could argue the community may have already self-selected to
> some degree based on the current method of commutation; I see no real
> solution to that apart from continued advocacy from people such as you who
> are speaking up to bring awareness about the issues you feel are keeping
> outsiders from participating.
We could try asking people in some non-mailing-list fashion?
-z
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