Aaron Griffin wrote:

On 9/20/07, Thomas Bächler wrote:

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We have been encouraged by Aaron to communicate more, and I think we did in the last couple of days, but this doesn't mean anything if we just ignore what we read.

Yeah, and it's been great. I now know what's going on in Arch devland!

8)

I agree with Thomas' sentiment here, but sometimes we're just forgetful. This isn't a *critical* issue, but it's important.

One other thing I've realized lately is that someone assigned to take an email thread and keep track of what is decided in an organized form (like a wiki page) is essential to effective group understanding. It's possible to miss or forget things that go by on a mailing list, especially when they're buried in long discussions, and it's really helpful to have a wiki page per project and someone diligently updating it after discussions. This isn't easy, it's not perfect, and I'm not suggesting that anyone volunteer for such a job en masse.. lots of work. But let's remember that a concise summary of the outcome of a discussion will communicate more successfully to more people than if those people have to read the mailing list to figure out what happened. - P