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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/28/2019 10:31 AM, Eyal Rozenberg
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">As
I've previously commented - please add more information to the
minutes, to make them less cryptic and more accessible to people
who weren't participating or are just reading this list.
Specifically, and using these minutes as an example:
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On 26/09/2019 16:43, ba wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">1.Hiring/Personnel**
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* Benjamin Flanagin resigned. </blockquote>
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1. This should be appended with a link to his personal page on the
project web page, so we can remind ourselves of what his position
was.
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2. Resigned with no reason given? ... maybe not the extreme
specifics, but - personal reasons? Professional disagreements?
Some specific triggering event?
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</blockquote>
<p>personal reasons</p>
<p><br>
</p>
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cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
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<blockquote type="cite"> Most of his tasks other than triage
will
<br>
be passed on to other staff. We will hire a staff member to
work on
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bug triage after all the other more urgent positions have
been
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filled. </blockquote>
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1. Looking at the website, under "Get Involved" - I don't see any
list of open positions.
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2. Even if parallelization of hiring efforts is impractical, you
can at least post about the opening of the position.
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3. What size position is this (% FTE or hours/week)?
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<p>"More urgent positions" are those which we might fill first IF we
were hiring - but we are not currently hiring (you haven't seen
any hiring posts on tb-planning or elsewhere). There is no
further information to convey at this time about hiring or filling
vacant positions.</p>
<p>There is room to improve these minutes, but these simply report
discussion and actions taken. They are not meant to be overly
explanatory. And I expect they will never contain official
"announcements" nor calls to actions. Such items would be
announced in some future stand alone posting. But a blog post
format for meeting reports with lots of background explanation or
historical context isn't likely to happen at this time.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
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cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
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> We wish Benjamin all the best in his future endeavors.
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<blockquote type="cite"> * Members discussed the need to put in
place a policy for personnel
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issues such as raises, benefits, etc.
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</blockquote>
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as opposed to what happens now, which is... ?
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</blockquote>
<p>As implied, there is not currently a uniform policy. Which is
complicated by the fact that we hire in multiple countries.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
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cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
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<blockquote type="cite"> * Magnus brought up the need for travel
budget. </blockquote>
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as opposed to what happens now, which is... no refunds for travel?
Case-by-case?
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<blockquote type="cite">2.Governance
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* TB Bylaws
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</blockquote>
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which already exist? Which are to be created for the first time?
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</blockquote>
<p>There's nothing on the website and nothing has ever been posted
to tb-planning, so definitely none exist.</p>
<p><br>
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cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
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<blockquote type="cite"> o Berna is working on incorporating
all the feedback obtained from
<br>
other council members.
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</blockquote>
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Are these only supposed to apply to council members?
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</blockquote>
<p>Yes, as stated.</p>
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cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
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<blockquote type="cite">3.Legal
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* Thunderbird Telemetry and the legal requirements
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o Wayne is working on a new broader TB Privacy Policy.
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</blockquote>
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What is the current state of affairs? Or at least - in what
council session was the current state of affairs w.r.t. telemetry
surveyed?
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</blockquote>
<p>The current state of affairs is we essentially have no useful
telemetry in the product and a very old privacy policy. So it was
decided that we should update the policy before we reboot by
enabling new telemetry collection.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
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cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
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4.Miscellaneous
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* Strategy
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o Ongoing – Ryan has collected the feedback from the
Council
<br>
members and ironed out the costs.
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</blockquote>
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Essentially impossible to understand what this sentence means
unless you were at the meeting. Strategy for what? Feedback on
what? Costs of what?
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</blockquote>
<p>Everything related to long term planning for business strategy</p>
<p>I'll let others speak to the remaining items.<br>
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