[Board] Google Apps for Domains

[Steve Gutterman]

Chuck,

I think it's the correct approach, and I'll make a note to have this on the
agenda for the next Board meeting.

Steve Gutterman

On Dec 3, 2007 9:28 PM, chuck child <chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:

> I definitely agree that it would speed things up.   Unfortunately, with
> the previous question of 'who REALLY owns the website, the domain,  and
> related pieces' I think there needs to be a hold placed.   I have made snap
> judgments before, related to the website, but I only did so when there was
> real risk to our 'standing pat'. . . . . And I expected to be called on the
> carpet for it.   The fact that I wasn't was, in my opinion, a statement of
> how absentee our board was at the time.
>
> As we are trying to bring the board back into a semblance of order, and
> remove from the system 'closed meetings' and 'on line meetings', I'm afraid
> this one will take until the board meets to get resolved. . . Though, of
> course, here IS a good place to discuss the choices.   The board list is a
> GREAT place to get peoples questions answers, get information distributed,
> help inform peoples decisions, and generally smooth out the small wrinkles
> before a meeting.   While I have my doubts about it as a place to achieve
> consensus from widely differing opinions, it definitely has it's place.
>
> So, why don't you take some time, over the next week, to write a message
> informing us of the pro's, and Con's, of moving forward with this
> suggestion.   Does it keep people from accessing information if they are
> unwilling to use Gmail?  Can the information tracked be exported, for
> archiving?   Can the information stored be presented on a website, for the
> general public to access, in a controlled fashion?   Perhaps you can help us
> find a dissenting voice, to create an informed discussion?
>
> You don't HAVE to do any of this. . . But it might make things go more
> smoothly, when we arrive at the meetings.
>
> Do any of the board members feel like I am wrong, and we should approach
> this differently?
>
> -Chuck
>
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2007 7:12 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Does the Board have a procedure in place similar to the Supreme Court
> > saying they're not going to hear an issue that has been appealed to
> > them? I mean, sending an email which kicks it back to the Conchair to
> > make the decision instead of waiting for a meeting? That might speed
> > things up.
> >
> > -Matt
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2007 6:10 PM, chuck child < chuck.child at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This sounds like a schedule item, to me.
> > >
> > > Does that mean I am allowed to pass this along to Steve, and trust
> > that it
> > > will come up at the next meeting?
> > >
> > > If so. . . I love having a reliable secretary!
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Dec 3, 2007 5:37 PM, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Board,
> > > >
> > > > Where Penguicon Google Apps for Domains had been left was that there
> > > > was general acclaim from everyone for whom it was important enough
> > to
> > > > elicit comment. At the SMOS dinner, I asked Ron Blanchett what
> > > > remained for him to implement it. He said he felt the Board should
> > > > give him an official imprimatur. I can see his point given the
> > recent
> > > > opinions some Board members have expressed. In any case, I want you
> > to
> > > > know he's waiting for you. In my position as Minister of
> > > > Communications this year, and the conchair-elect to whom the
> > collected
> > > > documentation and email records would be passed, I would like very
> > > > much for this plan to go forward and start capturing knowledge
> > sooner
> > > > rather than later.
> > > >
> > > > -Matt
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