[governance] New membership database: choose your own username

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 22:23 +1100, Don Cameron wrote:
> Pardon my ignorance - but I do not understand who authorised these
> changes – isn’t the decision-making process of this group one of lazy
> consensus ala the FOSS/Apache model where changes are discussed prior
> to implementation? Are all the changes now reversed? It would be great
> if we could rewind and discuss the need and options – I’m sure there
> is an abundance of list management expertise on here.

On policy decisions, of course.  For operational decisions about the Web
site and email list, not really.  (Of course it can be argued that
operational decisions are rarely devoid of policy implications;
something that the IGC has argued long and often in a broader context.)

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