GCD Board Votes - 2010

February 2010

MOTION: GCD-Admin Mailing List (GCD-Policy)

The following motion has passed with 5 members voting in favor and 4 against:

That the GCD create a new mailing list, tentatively called "gcd-admin" but subject to change before its creation at the will of the membership without need for further board action, for the express purpose of debating and resolving questions of day-to-day operations.

The mailing list shall be open to anyone who would like to join, but no members shall be subscribed automatically.

The mailing list archives shall be open to all members, but closed to non-members.

Operational questions without clear answers that arise on gcd-main or any other GCD mailing list should be moved to this list, with a notification to the original list that topic is being discussed on gcd-admin. Upon the resolution or abandonment of a topic, its resolution (or lack) should be posted to the gcd-main (and, if the list of origin was not gcd-main, gcd-board or gcd-contact, the list of origin).

Questions suitable for discussion on gcd-admin include but are not limited to:

 * Formatting questions
 * Non-technical aspects of proposed new, changed or deleted fields
 * Questions about whether an item belongs in the database or not
 * How to go about resolving a problem getting a changed approved

The above questions are no longer considered suitable for extended debate gcd-main (simple question and answer sessions are always permitted- these are distinguished by their lack of controversy).

Questions not suitable for discussion on gcd-admin include but are not limited to:

 * Discussions of the data itself (which belongs on gcd-main as it is of broad interest)
 * Discussions of technical details beyond that which is necessary to explain constraints (or their lack) on day-to-day operations
 

Notice of the new mailing list shall be posted to gcd-main, gcd-chat, gcd-tech and gcd-editor, along with clear instructions for how one may subscribe and a clear notice that no one shall be subscribed automatically.