<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hey Eyal</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">these questions highlight concerns I've had with publishing minutes. They are all great questions, but meeting minutes aren't typically the format where we'd be going into this much detail. I'd like to see how we can improve the information flow while keeping practicality in mind.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">We are currently using the full hour for the council meeting and sometimes going over. These notes are taken during that meeting, while we are discussing the issues. If we were to expand these notes to add background information for each item, the meeting would likely take a lot longer. The notes also are written from our perspective, including the background knowledge a council member will have.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There is certainly information we could fill in after the meeting, but the amount of detail you're asking for will quickly turn this into a blog post style report. Not saying that is a bad thing, just a different format with its own benefits and weaknesses.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">There are also items that are intentionally vague, which may be more elaborate in the actual notes. This includes items that contain confidential information that we can't share, for example for legal reasons or the expectation of confidentiality when dealing with partners or potential partners. For these items we have as appropriate been writing a public version to note we've talked about them, but of course they don't contain a lot of info so they are of limited use.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I'm wondering if those vague items are actually helpful to the community, or if we should mention only the items we can share?</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Does anyone else feel the current format is insufficient? I'd love to collect more opinions to see how we can improve our communication.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Philipp </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 28. Sep 2019, at 5:27 PM, Wayne Mery <vseerror@lehigh.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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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:
<br>
<br>
On 26/09/2019 16:43, ba wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">1.Hiring/Personnel**
<br>
<br>
* Benjamin Flanagin resigned. </blockquote>
<br>
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.
<br>
2. Resigned with no reason given? ... maybe not the extreme
specifics, but - personal reasons? Professional disagreements?
Some specific triggering event?
<br>
</blockquote>
<p>personal reasons</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
<br>
<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
<br>
bug triage after all the other more urgent positions have
been
<br>
filled. </blockquote>
<br>
1. Looking at the website, under "Get Involved" - I don't see any
list of open positions.
<br>
2. Even if parallelization of hiring efforts is impractical, you
can at least post about the opening of the position.
<br>
3. What size position is this (% FTE or hours/week)?
<br>
</blockquote>
<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>
</p>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
<br>
> We wish Benjamin all the best in his future endeavors.
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> * Members discussed the need to put in
place a policy for personnel
<br>
issues such as raises, benefits, etc.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
as opposed to what happens now, which is... ?
<br>
</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>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> * Magnus brought up the need for travel
budget. </blockquote>
<br>
as opposed to what happens now, which is... no refunds for travel?
Case-by-case?
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">2.Governance
<br>
<br>
* TB Bylaws
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
which already exist? Which are to be created for the first time?
<br>
</blockquote>
<p>There's nothing on the website and nothing has ever been posted
to tb-planning, so definitely none exist.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> o Berna is working on incorporating
all the feedback obtained from
<br>
other council members.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Are these only supposed to apply to council members?
<br>
</blockquote>
<p>Yes, as stated.</p>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">3.Legal
<br>
<br>
* Thunderbird Telemetry and the legal requirements
<br>
o Wayne is working on a new broader TB Privacy Policy.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
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?
<br>
</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>
<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:3b2dd078-99f9-846a-33f6-28b1a0a497e5@technion.ac.il">
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">
<br>
4.Miscellaneous
<br>
<br>
* Strategy
<br>
o Ongoing – Ryan has collected the feedback from the
Council
<br>
members and ironed out the costs.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Essentially impossible to understand what this sentence means
unless you were at the meeting. Strategy for what? Feedback on
what? Costs of what?
<br>
</blockquote>
<p>Everything related to long term planning for business strategy</p>
<p>I'll let others speak to the remaining items.<br>
</p>
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