[Board] Next Board meeting Oct 6. (2011-10-06)

[Jeff McKenna]

For what it's worth, I specifically did not mention Skype.  More 
background: having just went through FOSS4G planning with weekly phone 
calls (yes phone, not skype...but Google Voice comes in very handy here) 
I was able to feel very connected to the rest of the committee, even 
though for a year I never met most of the committee until the first day 
of workshops!

So, that's why I'd like the same for the OSGeo Board - not just a 
detached IRC meeting (believe me I have enough of those too).

-jeff



On 11-09-22 1:29 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Arnulf,
>
> Glad you mentioned phone vs IRC. Myself I wonder if this new Board is
> interested in using phone instead of IRC (although I live on IRC, I find
> IRC meetings are difficult to control, therefore last much longer). With
> phone I believe we can keep the meeting to one hour and still hit all of
> the agenda items, plus also feel a little more connected to the rest of
> the Board members.
>
> I just want to put this option out there for the new Board.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 11-09-22 1:21 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> Folks,
>> we are surely all somewhat overwhelmed with latest events - but for
>> myself I can also say that I am energized and look forward to making the
>> required changes to bring OSGeo forward.
>>
>> Our next regular board meeting is scheduled for Oct. 6., find the agenda
>> here and please help to populate it with your items:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2011-10-06
>>
>> Please let this list know if you *cannot* make it at this date. It is
>> not fixed - if another time or date can help board members to better
>> participate we should consider changing.
>>
>> It may be a good idea to complement this one hour meeting on IRC with a
>> telephone call to get up to speed on larger issues. What do you think?
>> If you think this is useful please suggest a time and date. It will
>> necessary to have a test call up front because the user experience of
>> our Skype calls in general was pretty miserable. If this does not work
>> we can again try to use a conference call provider (but if we then all
>> use Skype to call in the conf call provider it is a somewhat useless
>> exercise). Thoughts?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Arnulf
>>
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