This leads me to a question: Can we kill two or three birds with one
stone here? Can we either rephrase some of the questions in the Last
Call or add new ones that explicitly invite feedback from "civil
society" (for lack of a better word)?
I just want to get the discussion started, so I don’t have a final
list, but the questions could go in a direction like this:
* Would you use this feature if it were implemented in the XMPP client
you currently use?
* Do you think an implementation of this feature could negatively
impact your community?
* Does this improve (make easier) the work you do in your community?
I agree this is desirable, and these questions make a good starting point.
My only concern is that if we asked such questions about, say, XEP-0509, I couldn't even begin to answer these for any hypothetical communities I'm in, so these may lend themselves better to more user-visible features.
It would, though, be interesting to see what the answers would be for XEP-0500 - that would be a fascinating exercise - so I'd be similarly wary of limiting this to client features.
Would it also be helpful to have a survey to find out why people don't engage in Last Calls, why they wouldn't stand for Council, and why they join (or don't join) the XSF?
Dave.