<div dir="ltr">The discussions I was referring to was the <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2020-December/002481.html">long thread from December</a> about openness. It's an ongoing effort, but one I wanted to bring up in the context of board meetings.<div><br></div><div>I thought this was the last thing you were present for in the meeting Greg. Apologies if I recall incorrectly. Clearly Loomio is the way to handle these decisions, with board meeting discussions preceding the vote when required.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 22:25, Greg Lauer <<a href="mailto:gregory.lauer@gmail.com">gregory.lauer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="gmail-m_6033214736855163790__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left" dir="ltr">
I share Alex's concerns as I was also not there for that part of the meeting. As a board member disappointed that a decision like this is made (irrespective of my personal views) with out all the boards presence.<div><br></div><div>I cant see any public discussion that Ed is referring to?</div><div><br></div><div>G.</div>
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<p style="color:rgb(170,170,170);margin-top:10px">On 4/6/2021 2:58:15 PM, Alex Leith <<a href="mailto:alexgleith@gmail.com" target="_blank">alexgleith@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div dir="auto">While I don’t have a problem with open meetings, I had to leave this Board meeting before this decision was made and feel blindsided by it. There’s no context that I can find in the minutes behind the decision.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I suggest that in the future when we make these kinds of major decisions that we explicitly minute a motion, with movers and seconders and a vote, or put them on Loomio still.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I don’t think that a decision that makes us more open gets to skip the process.</div><div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 2:24 pm, John Bryant <<a href="mailto:johnwbryant@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnwbryant@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;min-width:500px"><div dir="ltr">Well done OSGeo Oceania! It's wonderful to see the board opening up its processes. A big step in the right direction!<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 6 Apr 2021 at 11:10, Edoardo Neerhut <<a href="mailto:eneerhut@gmail.com" target="_blank">eneerhut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;min-width:500px"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div><b>Open board meetings</b></div><div>In <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mDVp-6-0jwI-ho-cxmLv5-mSEXxRxCJL/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">our last board meeting</a>, the board agreed that board meetings will be open so that anyone who is interested can attend. This has been discussed in the past, but to be perfectly honest had slipped our minds in some of the recent board meetings. There may be sections of the board meeting that need to be discussed in private, but these are few and far between.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Public calendar for OSGeo Oceania</b></div><div>There has been <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=dgea06cf2tu9ukl2f7nmfqjp98%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles%5C" target="_blank">an OSGeo Oceania public calendar</a> for a little while now which contains all our scheduled board meetings, but it needs more visibility. Feel free to add events to it and let me know if you have trouble accessing it.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Next board meeting</b></div><div>The next board meeting is on April 15th at 2:00 am UTC and a far more reasonable hour in Oceania! The agenda is very much a WIP, but can be <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d_Onmg6B7jvYwVxnL_2mAScIqmKq0-6Lyg0A3um6wus/edit#" target="_blank">found here</a>. Feel free to add comments if there are things you are curious about and we can work them into the agenda.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ed</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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