<div dir="ltr">I agree that for this meeting we don't need external facilitator - I have participated in numerous meetings with facilitators and this approach is useful for larger groups of people (30-40) rather than a small group like our board.<div><br></div><div>One issue that we need to keep in mind when addressing the topics on the wiki program is our non-profit status with IRS. I think we all should read the document and the answers to IRS questions before the meeting - if any board member knows where to find these please add the links to the wiki agenda.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you, Helena <br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Vasile Craciunescu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vasile@geo-spatial.org" target="_blank">vasile@geo-spatial.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
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Like Maxi, I don't see the need for an external facilitator. Anyway, the meeting agenda is extremely important. Let's start working on that. The wiki page for the meeting [1] already include the general topics. Please add your specific topics and let's try to allocate a time frame for each topic.<br>
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Best,<br>
Vasile<br>
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[1] <a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016</a><br>
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On 12/16/15 9:42 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:<br>
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Dear all,<br>
personally i don't think we need any facilitator to have a F2F meeting<br>
between few people.<br>
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Before taking any action in this direction I request to be discussed and<br>
eventually voted.<br>
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best<br>
Maxi<br>
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2015-12-16 8:05 GMT+01:00 Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>>:<br>
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I have not seen the agenda for f2f meeting yet.<br>
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Personally I would prefer it focus on longer term strategy then our<br>
usual month to month IRC meetings.<br>
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Jody Garnett<br>
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On 15 December 2015 at 22:51, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting<br>
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Hi Jody and others, ____<br>
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Actually I have had (informal) contact with 2 process<br>
facilitators, who might be willing to take this (paid) role.____<br>
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Some instant remarks on this:____<br>
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- do you need a facilitator just for the weekend or also for the<br>
preparations (to be honest, the f2f agenda so far seems to focus<br>
on practical issues, not on the agenda itself)____<br>
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- is the goal of the f2f to define a OSGeo strategy for the next<br>
few years, or about "how to run an not-for-profit organisation".<br>
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- or is it even -given Jeff's resigning- more about how to run a<br>
Board with different persons, cultures, ideas (which might<br>
require a more mediator-like facilitator)____<br>
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Or just someone who takes the notes, makes sure the coffee is at<br>
the right temperature etc.____<br>
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Kind regards, ____<br>
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Gert-Jan____<br>
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<mailto:<a href="mailto:board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">board-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>] *Namens *Jody Garnett<br>
*Verzonden:* woensdag 16 december 2015 02:13<br>
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*Onderwerp:* [Board] board f2f planning / prep____<br>
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One interesting idea on the discuss list (from Gert-Jan) was<br>
inviting an external party to act as an "independant process<br>
facilitator". Given we have very few days and a lot to cover I<br>
would like to pursue this idea.____<br>
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This is one of those things that is difficult to arrange from<br>
afar - do we have any contacts (say with the local OSGeo<br>
community) who would be in position to offer a recomendation?____<br>
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Jody Garnett____<br>
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