[Board] board f2f planning / prep

[Jody Garnett]

I have not seen the agenda for f2f meeting yet.

Personally I would prefer it focus on longer term strategy then our usual
month to month IRC meetings.

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Jody Garnett

On 15 December 2015 at 22:51, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl
<gert-jan at osgeo.nl> wrote:

> Hi Jody and others,
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> Actually I have had (informal) contact with 2 process facilitators, who
> might be willing to take this (paid) role.
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> Some instant remarks on this:
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> - do you need a facilitator just for the weekend or also for the
> preparations (to be honest, the f2f agenda so far seems to focus on
> practical issues, not on the agenda itself)
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> - is the goal of the f2f to define a OSGeo strategy for the next few
> years, or about "how to run an not-for-profit organisation".
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> - or is it even -given Jeff's resigning- more about how to run a Board
> with different persons, cultures, ideas (which might require a more
> mediator-like facilitator)
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> Or just someone who takes the notes, makes sure the coffee is at the right
> temperature etc.
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> Kind regards,
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> Gert-Jan
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> *Van:* Board [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *Namens *Jody Garnett
> *Verzonden:* woensdag 16 december 2015 02:13
> *Aan:* board at lists.osgeo.org
> *Onderwerp:* [Board] board f2f planning / prep
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> One interesting idea on the discuss list (from Gert-Jan) was inviting an
> external party to act as an "independant process facilitator". Given we
> have very few days and a lot to cover I would like to pursue this idea.
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> This is one of those things that is difficult to arrange from afar - do we
> have any contacts (say with the local OSGeo community) who would be in
> position to offer a recomendation?
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> --
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> Jody Garnett
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