[cab-discuss] Re: CAB conf call - communication

[Simon Phipps]

On Feb 11, 2007, at 08:42, Glynn Foster wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Jim Grisanzio wrote:
>>> There are
>>> no CAB members, no
>>> CAB meetings, and this list should be no longer be
>>> called cab-discuss.
>>
>> Thanks for the reminder. You're right. We'll be happy to create a  
>> new list
>> for the OGB (ogb-discuss?) and move the subscribers over. We  
>> should probably
>> time this for the election. I'm not sure if we can migrate the  
>> archives over
>> to the new list, though, but I'll check with Derek.
>
> It should be easily possible, but I'd advise not doing that. I  
> think the idea of
> creating a new ogb-discuss sounds like a good idea though, and  
> deprecating
> cab-discuss. I'd also like to see ogb at opensolaris.org, a privately  
> archived list
> for the board members to use.

I would completely agree with this, yes. Maintaining corporate memory  
is very important, we have already as the CAB/OGB had cause to recall  
why we took earlier decisions and an archive of the (infrequently  
used but important when it is) private list would be very valuable.

S.