[Board] Re: [Foss4g2009] OSGeo AGM at FOSS4G?

[Cameron Shorter]

Julien, are you suggesting an AGM over dinner? This could be an option, 
but there will be a cost for attendees involved. This could be slotted 
in from 6pm onwards on the second day.

An alternative would be to reduce the agenda of the AGM (by moving some 
of the agenda to sessions and birds of a feather) and keep the AGM at 
one hour on the last day.

What proportion of the conference turns up to the AGM? I'm guessing it 
will be ~ one third to one half?

Tyler, thanks for offering to coordinate the the AGM thread. I'll take 
you up on that. Just tell us (the Organising Committee) how much time 
you want, and request a timeslot.

Julien-Samuel Lacroix wrote:
>
> Daniel Morissette wrote:
>> I found that the timing for the 2008 AGM was not ideal. It was a bit 
>> late and all the reports were rushed because everybody wanted to go 
>> have a beer and some food. That didn't leave much room for open 
>> discussion with the audience. I agree with allocating 2 hours, and 
>> would also suggest that 4-6pm on the last day may not be an ideal time.
>
> During the 2008 AGM I felt that the hungry factor was a main issue. 
> Having appetizers or a full meal during the AGM could  make things a 
> lot easier on the "we want to get out of here" part.
>
> Julien
>


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