These documents write many things down which should be common sense. However, as the past years have shown, these rules were not always followed.
The documents were discussed for many years, the latest since September 2022. They were also reviewed by a previous external consultant, contracted by the previous board. The reviewed documents unfortunately were never shared with the full board, until this board inquired with that previous consultant and discovered they were part of recommended governance changes.
I am very happy that these rules are finally in place two years later. They strengthen TDFās governance and ensure our nonprofit goals and our dedication and committment to FLOSS, as intended by the founders and the authors of the Next Decade Manifesto. They make TDF a good FLOSS citizen and shows we act responsibly and mature.
and duplicated @ tdf-internal tdf-directors tdf-members !
with the mention of " Postings on this list are considered private. Please do not share outside this circle. "
who decides what is private what is not ?
I think that whatever we do, some people will be unhappy about too little transparency, others will be unhappy about too many e-mails. I try to communicate many things, as you can see on tdf-internal and board-discuss, in order to inform the community as best as possible.
my question was rather about informing : why these signatures would matter in real time?
and the decision about privacy or not : can the tag line in the mailling lists be removed and/or the sender would be required to clarify whatās āprivateā if ever.
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āas best as possibleā is nice but just arbitrary and often does not help much about transparency.
visibility and logic could / would often help greatly
Because this can be considered a very important milestone. As said, some people would complain to not be informed, others would complain to be informed too frequently - itās hard to make everyone happy.
The tagline is there for a reason. However, it is obvious that if something is made public on board-discuss, there is no need for confidentiality. Happy to hear proposals how to improve the wording, but removing it is not a good idea I think.
I donāt think itās arbitrary. This board has published a ton of previously unpublished decisions and minutes.
tdf-internal is not a public mailing list. It is members-only discussion.
If in doubt the board or the MC.
I am not happy we donāt have the minutes in time - but usually this is just work overload, vacations, sickness leaves and other things getting in the way. So far, this board has published all the minutes, including the private parts. Maybe sometimes a bit too late, but regularly after the calls.
Indeed, board work is volunteer time (even if the board member is TDF staff). Incidentally: the above points are to a large extend also the reason, why the previous board was even more behind on minutes (plus some internal challenges, which not even recordings of the calls could fundamentally fix).
Given the holiday season is near - letās cut each other some slack?