[Board] f2f preparations: meet&greet with Dutch OSGeo board

[Michael Smith]

Before I was a board member, I attended the F2F meeting in Seattle (before
the OSGeo Code Sprint at Islandwood), so I would say that anyone who
wanted to attend the F2F should be welcome to attend also.

Mike

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Michael Smith
OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
treasurer at osgeo.org




-----Original Message-----
From: Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of "Gert-Jan van der
Weijden (OSGeo.nl)" <gert-jan at osgeo.nl>
Organization: Stichting OSGeo.nl
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 9:12 AM
To: Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>, <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
Cc: <board at lists.osgeo.org>
Subject: Re: [Board] f2f preparations: meet&greet with Dutch OSGeo board

>Anita, Venka, and other board members
>
>The suggestion of meeting with the Dutch OSGeo.nl Board was somewhere
>half november already discussed (with Jeff and Venka).
>At that point we concluded Friday 29 January would fit the best, 3 out
>of 4 members can attend a meeting in Bennekom or Wageningen that day
>
>As such, it is written down in our agenda's. If that doesn't fit well,
>please let us know.
>
>By the way: it's only meant as a social meet & greet, a welcome to our
>flat and wet little country, not intended as a substantive part of the
>F2F meeting
>
>
>
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Gert-Jan
>
>
>
>
>Anita Graser schreef op 20-12-2015 20:10:
>> Thanks a lot for your input Venka!
>> 
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan
>> <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
>> 
>>> I don't see the necessity of a facilitator at the board face-to-face
>>> in January since a) the board members have quite familiar we each
>>> other
>> 
>> ​Sorry, can't confirm that :-)​
>> For me, "quite familiar" would be when I can tell reasonably well
>> whether someone is just joking or not. Currently, I don't feel like I
>> could tell for any board member.
>> 
>>> I think most of the
>>> pending issues can be discussed and addressed by the board members.
>> 
>> ​Yes, and that's absolutely necessary. The question is only if it
>> would be beneficial to have someone help with organization and a
>> neutral perspective (but Gert explained it much better already).
>> 
>>> Being in Amsterdam, it would be great if we could meet up with
>>> Gert-Jan
>>> and other members of OSGeo.NL Local Chapter either prior to or after
>>> the board f2f to get their views and expectations about OSGeo
>>> Foundation.
>> 
>> ​While that would be great, when exactly would you want to do that?
>> Maybe some members can stay longer but that certainly won't be the
>> case for everyone.
>> 
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>> 
>> ​
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