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

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

My biggest issue with voice calls is that they are by definition private
- unless we upload a recording which would still be a major barrier to
more integration with the community.

How to address this?

Arnulf

On 09/22/2011 10:44 AM, Peter Batty wrote:
> I don't have much experience with IRC meetings but as Jeff said, we did
> weekly voice calls with the FOSS4G committee and found that worked
> pretty well. But I'm flexible, happy with whatever the consensus is. 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com
> <mailto:mpg at flaxen.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I'm very much in favor of voice-based meetings -- the bandwidth of
>     IRC is
>     just too low to be effective.
> 
>     -mpg
> 
> 
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>     <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> [mailto:board- <mailto:board->
>     > bounces at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On
>     Behalf Of Jeff McKenna
>     > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:39 AM
>     > To: board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>
>     > Subject: Re: [Board] Next Board meeting Oct 6. (2011-10-06)
>     >
>     > 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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