Would the e-mail assent work for folks like me, whose RL name is not their board name?

Not many have board names that are their RL names -- but everyone has a valid email address that they used to register their usernames. I'd think that an opt-in from that email address should suffice.

What amych said. Thank you, amych!

Well, aren't we going to set up a system like the voting? That way there's no question that the person validating their inclusion is the board member in question. That's what I thought.

erin - You tell me what you want the opt-in form to say, and I'll make an HTML form here that will automatically send it from any user who wants to opt-in.

t xpost with Consuela

If we're doing individual opt-ins, is there any need for the board as a whole to opt-in?

Maybe not, Betsy, but somehow it feels right to me to get the general OK.

By a general okay, are you using the terms by which we pass any normal vote?

If 200 users say "use me!" but the board says no, it's a no?

If 200 users say "use me!" but the board says no, it's a no?

How would that happen, though?

If the posts are going to be identified as from b.org, even if not from Poster X, I'd like to make sure that b.org is OK with it, not just the individual posters. (Anyway, with the opt-in, I can't imagine a lot of people being against it, even if they wouldn't opt in.)

I'd like to make sure that b.org is OK with it, not just the individual posters.

Yes, this. Even though I'm reasonably happy with the opt in process.

If we're doing individual opt-ins, is there any need for the board as a whole to opt-in?

Think of the case where someone is opposed to the thing altogether -- say, out of a desire to have the board as a whole keep a lower profile, rather than being concerned about his/her own posts. If we just have the individual opt-ins, we'd only see that as a not-in, without the larger concern getting aired.