create-proposal.md

 # How to create a proposal
 
 
-This page is intended for committee members; anyone else who would like to submit a proposal should post it to the [ haskell-prime mailing list](http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime).  The committee read that list and will pick up proposals from there.
+If you have an idea:
 
+1. Post it to the [MailingList](mailing-list).  Use the [MailingList](mailing-list) for \*discussion\* and to reach a consensus.
+1. after some discussion, create a new ticket (or modify an existing one) to _document_ the consensus as a proposal.
+1. You may want to post the wiki page you create back to the thread so that the thread participants can review and edit it.  If you get no support on the mailing list for an idea, please think twice about whether or not to create a ticket for it.
+1. Watch for threads that outlive their usefulness as a discussion. Document the disagreements on the wiki.
 
-A proposal has two parts:
+## For the Committee
+
+
+A semi-official proposal has two parts:
 
 - A wiki page describing the issue.  The page should be linked from:
 
@@ -25,3 +32,4 @@ A proposal has two parts:
   - Priority: How important is it to address this issue (mostly left as
     default)
   - Owner: the person most responsible for this proposal, or "none".
+- Please be very observant of new tickets and ideas from folks on the mailing list that should go in the wiki.