Originally Posted by Randy Petersen
This question was submitted by Cholula:
Do you feel TalkBoard should be reactive or proactive?
Should TB just sit back and wait for suggestions from the general members or should they, as a group, also discuss and recommend ideas that were solely developed among the TalkBoard members?
Both. How's that for an answer that straddles the fence?
TalkBoard should always be in discussion about ideas that they, as members, have for making FT better. As a representative body, the voters decided to have the TB members represent them. So, in coming up with ideas themselves, the TB members ARE representing FT.
And yet, the TB should make an effort to get more input from the member population. An effective use of the IBB's polling technology would allow TB to get a better read on the membership and help the TB decide if, for example, there was a great demand for a new forum. I wouldn't expect TB to conduct a poll before every vote or even vote in line with such a poll, if taken, but the TB needs to reach out more and get feedback. TalkBoard Topics isn't exactly one of the busiest forums on FT.
Of course, the TB should also discuss and act upon member suggestions and feedback throughout the year. That's a given, IMO.