<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks a lot for your input Venka!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp" target="_blank">raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I don't see the necessity of a facilitator at the board
face-to-face<br>
in January since a) the board members have quite familiar we each<br>
other </div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Sorry, can't confirm that :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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. </div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div>I think most of the<br>
pending issues can be discussed and addressed by the board
members.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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). </div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"><div>
Being in Amsterdam, it would be great if we could meet up with
Gert-Jan<br>
and other members of OSGeo.NL Local Chapter either prior to or
after<br>
the board f2f to get their views and expectations about OSGeo
Foundation.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best wishes,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Anita</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div></div></div></div>