Since TB represents all the FT community - not just "the only one that matters" - I can be reached by PM, email or posts to FT.
Although not everyone cares enough or bothers to read the TB Topics forum, a good way to inform the members of FT to the topics under discussion would be to include a section in Talkmail about these issues. Almost everyone reads Talkmail when it is sent. That way, if FTers have an opinion about a specific issue, they have the opportunity to discuss this with members of the TB. All that needs to be included in Talkmail is one small section such as:
Possible TB issues
- (one sentence)
- (one sentence)
- (one sentence)
- etc...
and the voting period for the issue(s).
As it is now, many times you either hear about the decision(s)
after the voting has been completed or
after the voting had begun. Why not have members given the opportunity to voice their opinion
before the voting period begins?