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<p>On pią 09 lis 2012 10:23:07 CET, Ryan Abel <<a href="mailto:rabelg5@gmail.com">rabelg5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<br>> On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:36 AM, Piotr Jawidzyk <<a href="mailto:twilight312@gmail.com">twilight312@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<br>> > 2012/11/8, Community Council: Ivan Galvez Junquera <<a href="mailto:council@maemo.org">council@maemo.org</a>>:
<br>> > > By Tim Samoff, chairman of the Hildon Foundation Board.
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<br>> > > Because of this, it is the current Board's opinion that the
<br>> > > relational dynamic between the community, the Council, and the Board
<br>> > > should remain very similar to how they existed between the
<br>> > > community, the Council, and Nokia in past years. And, because of
<br>> > > this, it is the Boards opinion that the community should continue to
<br>> > > communicate directly with the Council, and not necessarily with the
<br>> > > Board. (Hence, discussion forums such as "Ask the Board" are quite
<br>> > > inappropriate for these purposes as they never existed between the
<br>> > > community and Nokia.)
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<br>> > Thank you for your letter, Tim.
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<br>> > Is there any particular rationale (other than historical comparison to
<br>> > Nokia->Council->community), for avoiding direct communication between
<br>> > Board and Community, and using Council as a proxy between those two?
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<br>> Clear roles of responsibility and avoiding overlap of purpose?
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<br>Following this line of thinking, we can reverse it into necessarity of two bodies existence - if they can overlap own purpose, do we really need Council in addition to Board? Generally, Community's (lack of) interest in candidating for/electing Council seems to suggest otherwise.
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<br>But, as stated in original question, I would like to know Board's opinion on rationale for proxyfying Communication with Community through Council. I hope, that there are good reasons, other than "to assign some job to Council, thus justify its existence in Foundation's times".
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<br>All after all, I'm sure that asking questions and presenting isn't crime in Maemo's mailing list (yet).
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<br>/Estel</p>
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