[Inpycon] Decision making / Consensus building process. Was Re: Necessity of foreign delegates.

[Dhananjay Nene]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Navin Kabra <navin at smriti.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My own personal stand is that everything should be publicly
>> discussed. The only exception is for tasks allocated to specific
>> individuals (e.g. "Anand, can you fix the email thing on the website")
>> which are not relevant to the general public.
>>
>> I don't like the idea of privately thrashing out something *before*
>> putting it on the list.
>
> +1 for thrashing out things on the list.
> Speaking as someone relatively new to the list and getting involved in
> inpycon for the first time, it would be much easier for me (and I think, for
> most of the Pune team) to use the list for bringing up questions, doubts,
> issues and building consensus. If there needs to be off-list/private
> thrashing out of things before bringing them up on the list, the big
> question I would have is, "With whom?" If I want to understand the thought
> process behind inviting keynote speakers from abroad, should I ask Noufal,
> or Noufal and Anand, or Noufal and Anand and Kenneth? (Note: I've been a
> subscriber and occasional poster on this list since mid-2009)
> Also, I believe, having such discussions on the list will make the community
> stronger.
> As we go through the process of organizing an inpycon for the first time,
> please bear with us as we stumble upon more issues that might be clear to
> someone who was involved in the previous inpycons but are not to us. I think
> it's better we get those clarified rather than muddle through with poor
> understanding of the issues.
> navin.
>
+1

Dhananjay