Some Thoughts on Improving Communication

[Phyllis]

It seems to me that a lot of what has been happening here lately has 
to do with a lack of communication.

While I agree that we are all equals (at least at the present time), 
I also believe that it's important that we have a group discussion 
before one of us takes an action another of us may not agree with.

On new members - it seems to me that if we want to have anyone who is 
interested in working on FAQs do so, this should not be a restricted 
membership list.  Instead, we should put the URL of this list on the 
HPfGU home page or in the bigfile and allow people to join.

If we want to keep the FAQ membership restricted, I would suggest 
that we create a database into which current FAQ members could add 
the names of potential new members.  If, after a specified period of 
time (a week perhaps), no one has offered any objection to the 
nominee, the person who nominated the individual would proceed to 
issue an invitation to join.

On polls - I would suggest that before a poll is put up for a vote, 
we have a group discussion about whether or not we agree that the 
poll is needed, what the voting categories should be, when the poll 
closing date should be and what type of majority is required for the 
results of the poll to be binding.

Just some thoughts.

~Phyllis