[Board] board f2f planning / prep

[Cameron Shorter]

OSGeo Board,
For the Board Face to Face meeting, I suggest asking the OSGeo community 
for ideas to put on the OSGeo board agenda.

One topic I think worth adding to [1] is:

"Re-engaging with the OSGeo Community"

My gut feeling is that over the years email activity and new ideas has 
gradually reduced on OSGeo-Discuss email list, and gradually increased 
on the OSGeo-Board email list. (I'd love to find some evidenced based 
research to confirm or deny this).

If this is true, it would imply that OSGeo is moving from a grass roots, 
community empowered organisation, where the board's main role is 
validating community ideas, toward a hierachical organisation where the 
board is driving the OSGeo agenda.

Personally, I think a grass roots organisation structure is more 
effective, and more in line with OSGeo's founding principles.

I suggest a starting point could be to discuss ideas on OSGeo-Discuss by 
default, then move to the board list to vote.
Another idea worth building upon is inviting the OSGeo Charter members 
to vote on key topics occasionally in order to help the board gauge 
community sentiment.

Warm regards, Cameron Shorter

On 16/12/2015 9:48 pm, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Like Maxi, I don't see the need for an external facilitator. Anyway, 
> the meeting agenda is extremely important. Let's start working on 
> that. The wiki page for the meeting [1] already include the general 
> topics. Please add your specific topics and let's try to allocate a 
> time frame for each topic.
>
> Best,
> Vasile
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016
>
> On 12/16/15 9:42 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> personally i don't think we need any facilitator to have a F2F meeting
>> between few people.
>>
>> Before taking any action in this direction I request to be discussed and
>> eventually voted.
>>
>> best
>> Maxi
>>
>> 2015-12-16 8:05 GMT+01:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>     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.
>>
>>     --
>>     Jody Garnett
>>
>>     On 15 December 2015 at 22:51, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting
>>     OSGeo.nl <gert-jan at osgeo.nl <mailto:gert-jan at osgeo.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Jody and others, ____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         Actually I have had (informal) contact with 2 process
>>         facilitators, who might be willing to take this (paid) role.____
>>
>>         Some instant remarks on this:____
>>
>>         - 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)____
>>
>>         - 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".
>>         ____
>>
>>         - 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)____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         Or just someone who takes the notes, makes sure the coffee is at
>>         the right temperature etc.____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         Kind regards, ____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         Gert-Jan____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         *Van:*Board [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>         <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] *Namens *Jody Garnett
>>         *Verzonden:* woensdag 16 december 2015 02:13
>>         *Aan:* board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>
>>         *Onderwerp:* [Board] board f2f planning / prep____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         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.____
>>
>>         __ __
>>
>>         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?____
>>
>>         --____
>>
>>         Jody Garnett____
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> -- 
>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>>
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