I agree too. It could have a discussion link at the bottom all the time I think, to show it's always open to debate and questioning.

Yer, Sounds good. Lest for the time being.

grace's uberbusy work phase is over, but i don't think she'll immediately have time to catch up on the boards right away. she has booked some leave at work for later in the month, and maybe she can catch up on things then...

as for a group conference, by whatever means, i think that's a good idea. it would be understood that it's not permanant, because not everyone could attend at the same time, so it'd only be a 'drafting' committee... or a steering committee.... or maybe even an 'everybody get out and push' committee...

anyway, there's another option as well... we could also work on it some at doormencon, whenever that is.

I like the idea of a group debate, the board chatrooms are probably the best place for it as it will require no-one to download software.

I vote an absolute no to having it at a doormencon. They are supposed to be fun events to get to know each other in person and have a laugh. Sorting out the board is good and necessary, but it wouldn't be fun for some of the people who go and would automatically exclude a lot of people from having a say (i.e. non-UK and/or europe based people).

I agree. Though I think none-uk should actually read none-living-in-England (in the South), like Doors for instance who is possibly further away from London than some of our European members.

anything discussed about the boards should only be a discussion and nothing definite unless the entire community's had their say. if ben and i chat via email during the day, we're not setting policy, we're discussing stuff to run by the rest of you later once we've sorted out what we want to say.

as for doormencons being fun... well, yes. *stabs ben*