From: "Hugh Brock" <hbrock(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Tomas Sedovic" <tsedovic(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: "aeolus-devel" <aeolus-devel(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt; Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:32:06 AM Subject: Re: The Cabal meetings ought to be public On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 02:56:36PM +0100, Tomas Sedovic wrote: > I didn't see this mentioned in any of the cabal-related e-mails, > apologies if it was. > > These meetings are supposed to have influence over the direction of > Aeolus. As such, they should be public to provide transparency and > hold the members accountable. > > Note that I'm content with a "read-only" format. If the goal is to > settle disputes and move things forward, having too many inputs > would be detrimental. > > If the meetings are over IRC, this is easy. If we were to hold > calls, I would suggest google hangouts or something similar. > > Thomas > > > PS: I do realise this is contrary to the meaning of the word > "cabal". Let's keep it anyway. It sounds better than "committee". Yes, a public Cabal is a bit of a contradiction, but, well, as Emerson says, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Totally agree the meetings do need to be public. I think each cabal should decide what the ideal format is for their purpose. I'd suggest a google hangout for the initial meeting(s), with a youtube stream, but later meetings could just as well be IRC depending on the topic.

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