<div dir="auto">Thanks Sala. I agree on point #5, personally, I've been a lurker since 2014-sometime but try to read as many of the messages as possible (across the fora that I participate in). <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I am looking forward to #9 - how to continue my participation (albeit passive). </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'm writing mainly to address point #4 - because a decrease in the coordinator's confidence in the list can undermine the integrity & life of the list... Bruna, it's worth noting that many valuable participants may not remain consistently active, but are still participants who greatly value the list and what it means to be a part of it. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div dir="auto">Chaitanya</div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri 19 Jul, 2019, 12:20 "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro", <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div><ol><li>I remember that at one stage, the membership list was between 80 to 100 or even more.<br></li><li>Traditionally, the list of members have always been published including those who had voted in previous elections.</li><li>Obviously, this information will have to be pieced from Archives.</li><li>It worried me that Bruna had mentioned that in her mind if there were elections there would only be 5 people voting and I assume she based that on the number of people she saw commenting.</li><li>There are many who lurk, merely observe and are not engaged unless something interests them or catches their attention to participate.</li><li>To this end the challenge for IGC Leadership is to ensure that every member is engaged.</li><li>I would like to ask Bruna to start working on getting the list of members and identify those that voted in the last elections.</li><li>This may already exist in the Archives.</li><li>Also information on how to subscribe to the IGC and commit to following its charter.</li><li>Parminder had highlighted the cooling period between when one joins and when one participates.</li><li>If anyone has any questions or issues about membership, suggest they raise it here.</li><li>When the website goes up, it will obviously be easier to subscribe individually.</li></ol><div>Best Wishes</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="m_-5578968461490034679gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><font size="2">Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala T<br></font></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><font size="2">P. O. Box 17862<br></font></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><font size="2">Suva<br></font></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><font size="2">Republic of Fiji</font><span><font size="2"><br><br></font></span></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><font size="2">Cell: +679 7656770; <br></font></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)"><font size="2">Home: +679 3362003<br></font></span></b></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="2"><b><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61)">Twitter: @SalanietaT</span></b><br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font size="2"><br></font></span></div><div><i><b><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><br></span></span></font></b></i></div><div><i><b><font size="4"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour." <br><br>Aristotle</span></span></font></b></i><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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