Summary of the 2008-03-11 Packaging Committee meeting

[Jeff Spaleta]

On 12 Mar 2008 11:42:22 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs at math.uh.edu> wrote:
>  If you have suggestions for the summary format, we can consider them
>  at the next meeting.


I've a couple of suggestions for the packaging committee to consider
in an effort to prevent this sort of flame damage in the future.

For items that are not on your committee's agenda for discussion, but
come up during the meeting that as a group you don't feel are ready
for a vote.... your committee might think about voting to table the
issue until a formal proposal/community discussion is in place instead
of voting yes/no.   You then list the item as tabled and needing a
formal proposal and community discussion period in your summary. Such
summary items might produce a list discussion with much smaller
pitchforks and much cooler torches.

You might even consider having a committee policy that any item that
comes up in discussion that can't be unanimously agreed on by the end
of that meeting automatically gets tabled until a formal, community
vetted proposal gets put forward on a subsequent meeting agenda where
you can do a formal vote.


-jef