I agree with this as well, and I am sure other "design team" members
also agree. Infact, we have already had lots of discussions on the
mailing lists on the requirements and that's driving a lot of what we
are putting in the draft. Also I don't believe the intent of a small
design team was to exclude mailing lists discussions & participation.
I look towards the chairs for advice on the specifics of this
process...my personal thoughts would be sharing weekly design team
meeting summary, send out an early rev of the draft for feedback, etc.