I suggested:

1.  Reducing class participation and memo marks from 15% each to 10% each.
2.  Chairing and panelling should be removed completely.  While I hated doing it, the memo exercise forced me to engage with the material on a deeper level.  Reading other people's memos didn't do much for me.
3.  With the extra 10%, another assignment should be added that forces students to apply OSS mechanisms to a non-software related industry.
4.  Submit the "patch" assignment using email, and not GitHub.