Dear all,
Apologies for the long wait in responding here. Eddie, I realize that you've been trying to get this topic on the table for quite some time now. Thank you for your patience and persistence in following up.
Referring back to an earlier discussion on this topic on the Board list, there seemed to be broad agreement that obtaining a mailbox for the Communication Team would be a normal operational expense, and that the cost involved was modest and acceptable. In that light, I'm fine with approving a budget of roughly 30 EUR/USD per year for a mailbox service, if that is what's needed to unblock your work and better support current and future activities.
Before moving ahead, I'd like to make sure we fully understand any technical or organizational implications of the switch:
- Does this have (negative) impact on the identifiers/mail addresses that we use? Can we continue to use the email addresses on our own domain?
- Is involvement from the iTeam required to set this up or migrate?
- Does this change have any impact beyond the Commteam, or affect other ongoing or planned efforts?
Finally, to be explicit: let's leave any discussion around sponsorship, partnerships, or logo placement out of scope for now. If the service is useful, we should simply purchase it and move on. We can always revisit broader collaboration questions separately, if and when that makes sense.
Kind regards,
Guus