[Talk-GB] Import Progress

[Andy Allan]

On 22 March 2017 at 09:24, Gregory <nomoregrapes at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Besides notification, shall we now focus on actual concerns/comments on the
> imports taking place?

Please bear in mind that contacting the mailing lists isn't just for
the purposes of "notification", but is also supposed to be a mechanism
by which the importers seek guidance and outside expertise. Most
people running an import have far less experience in doing so than the
collective wisdom of the imports mailing list, for example. Or an
expert in imports will have less experience in tagging tree species
than the collective wisdom of the talk-gb mailing list, to give
another example.

So let's not make the false step of seeing this part of the guidelines
as just some "tick-box notification".

I would encourage that, rather than putting the burden on outsiders to
chip in with their opinions here, that instead the people who are
actually doing and promoting these imports are the ones to actively
follow the import guidelines, and actively seek out the guidance and
outside expertise themselves.

Thanks,
Andy