[Board] Next Board meeting Oct 6. (2011-10-06)
Michael P. Gerlek
mpg at flaxen.com
Thu Sep 22 11:47:13 PDT 2011
Yes, we should work in public, but only to the extent that is practical. I
think the advantage of voice meetings is high enough to justify it.
We post an agenda, and we post minutes. If someone wants to join the call,
they'd be welcome to (although there may be a practical limit to the number
of people).
We can also hold periodic "ask the Board" sessions on IRC for people to
raise issues and questions.
-mpg
> -----Original Message-----
> From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-
> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Seven (aka Arnulf)
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 11:27 AM
> To: board at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Board] Next Board meeting Oct 6. (2011-10-06)
>
> 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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