Jeff:
You're going to screw up other functionality if you call an observer a
member. Only TC members should have the Member role. (And if someone is
a long-time observer, and wants to contribute -- or at least you want
them to be able to post messages, why don't they become a member?)
-Karl
Jeff Kenton wrote:
> Karl Best wrote:
>
>> We don't have the granularity of permissions to allow someone to post
>> messages but not to vote or to count towards quorum. Roles in Kavi are
>> either Read-Write or Read-Only for all functions, not for individual
>> functions. (The Chair and Secretary roles have additional permissions
>> for Create to set up new events, ballots, etc.) We've requested that
>> Kavi look into making permission settings more granular, but this will
>> have to be a future enhancement.
>>
>> The only workaround at this point is to make individual TC lists
>> moderated; anyone could send a message but the chair would have to
>> decide whether the message gets sent to the list.
>>
>
> What I've done for my committee is to list certain long-time observers
> as members, but without voting privileges. They don't count toward
> quorom at meetings, but it makes the software happy.
>
>
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