[Board] Send a timeline mail to OSGeo-Discuss and information about f2f and no charter member meeting

[Cameron Shorter]

While I love the idea of holding an open OSGeo meeting, where all OSGeo 
members can have deep discussions of topics of interest, I think there 
are physical limitations which make this vision impractical.

1. With more than ~ 8 people in a room, it is difficult to have 
conversations with everyone contributing equally, and a facilitator is 
required to keep the meeting focused.

2. With ~ 10 to 100 people, you can set up a panel type discussion (with 
asymmetrical information flow), with a core team answering questions 
from the crowd. This can be entertaining, and good to share expert's 
information, but is not conducive for deep dive problem solving.

3. With 100+ you are moving to one-direction communication. One person 
presents their pre-considered ideas to listeners.

I'd suggest that if you want to tackle any topics of substance, then 
break meetings up into subtopics and smaller group discussions.

On 11/1/18 2:03 am, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Astrid,
>
> I personally feel that an OSGeo charter members meeting is very 
> important, and the OSGeo code sprint in Bonn is a perfect place to 
> make this happen.  I feel that both can happen (the Board meeting and 
> the charter members meeting).   For example, we could block off 2 
> hours at the end of the 18th Sunday for the charter members meeting 
> (actually I would call it an "OSGeo meeting" to allow everyone to 
> attend).  I think giving a space of 2 hours for everyone to talk about 
> the foundation is a wonderful opportunity.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2018-01-10 10:25 AM, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> at last board meeting (2017-12-23) we decided to make the f2f meeting 
>> at the weekend before OSGeo Code Sprint and not the charter member 
>> meeting as discussed before.
>>
>> Some people already asked me about the charter member meeting. So I 
>> would like to send mail with the timeline to OSGeo-Discuss.
>>
>> What do you think about the idea? Anything I missed? Shall I add an 
>> explanation why no charter member meeting?
>>
>> I would like to send it when the new webside is there... with the 
>> fresh link sto the events (will change the links below).
>>
>> 17.-18.3. OSGeo Board F2F meeting in Bonn [link to f2f meeting wiki 
>> page -> I will create the page]
>> 18.-25.3. OSGeo Code Sprint in BaseCamp in Bonn 
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018
>> 21.-24.3. FOSSGIS Konferenz (german speaking local chapter annual 
>> conference https://www.fossgis-konferenz.de/2018/)
>>
>> (I will send a separate mail about the status of f2f preparation soon)
>>
>> Astrid
>>
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