Thanks ted,
The board has never had a mandate to set the goals of the project.
This proposal says nothing about the goals of the project. Not sure why you brought it up.
volunteer efforts, and we can't (and shouldn't) tell people what to do with their spare time. So what actually gets done depends on individuals and what they care about and want to get done.
This culture makes sense for a developer. But it's a very bad way to conduct a committee. Perhaps this is where we've gone wrong here. There is responsibility to being in this position which is a step above the casual "care about" culture of a casual developer. People, users and developers Depend on us, and we should not conduct ourselves with such carelessness.
Overall, I feel like your demands for video meetings come from a position of extreme privilege.
Conducting text meetings is likewise extreme privilege. There are technical and social advantages and disadvantages to both. I'm sure different people can be accommodated and nothing in this proposal requires everyone to always attend. Hopefully we can get to a state where very little is needed from the committee, but that is not where we are today.
Over all ted, this committee is failing at it's basic functions. There are large numbers of the active community who are very unhappy with our work here (or lack of it) and I can't blame them for being utterly profoundly furious with us. I come back to the word: Responsibility. The project needs a committee which takes it's responsibilities seriously, one that recognises that this is a bigger project than it used to be. Our community is asking us to step up.
Ted, Please consider supporting committee meetings.
Best Regards, Martin Owens