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

[Mark Lucas]

Frank,

Is some sort of Google Voice/ Conference thing that we might be able to use that could keep you at your desk with your computer?

Mark

On Sep 22, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> 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.
> 
> Folks,
> 
> For what it's worth, I'm not allowed to use Skype at work, and when
> I'm on the phone I have to go stand outside the building without
> computer access.  IRC works much better for me.  But of course,
> I'll work within the needs of the majority.
> 
> I would add we have fairly often had devastatingly bad
> sound quality on calls to the point of near incomprehensibility.
> 
> On a related point I'd rather have some longer "working"
> board meetings instead of being strict about one hour.
> I can spare a little more time for this compared to jetting
> somewhere for a F2F.
> 
> Best regards,
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