[Board] f2f preparations: meet&greet with Dutch OSGeo board

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Hi Gert-Jan and All,

Look forward for the meet and greet with OSGeo.NL
members.

I plan to arrive in Amsterdam on 28 Jan (Thu) and 29 Jan
suits me fine.

Best

Venka

On 12/22/2015 11:12 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) wrote:
> Anita, Venka, and other board members
>
> The suggestion of meeting with the Dutch OSGeo.nl Board was somewhere 
> half november already discussed (with Jeff and Venka).
> At that point we concluded Friday 29 January would fit the best, 3 out 
> of 4 members can attend a meeting in Bennekom or Wageningen that day
>
> As such, it is written down in our agenda's. If that doesn't fit well, 
> please let us know.
>
> By the way: it's only meant as a social meet & greet, a welcome to our 
> flat and wet little country, not intended as a substantive part of the 
> F2F meeting
>
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
>
>
> Anita Graser schreef op 20-12-2015 20:10:
>> Thanks a lot for your input Venka!
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:20 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan
>> <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't see the necessity of a facilitator at the board face-to-face
>>> in January since a) the board members have quite familiar we each
>>> other
>>
>> ​Sorry, can't confirm that :-)​
>> For me, "quite familiar" would be when I can tell reasonably well
>> whether someone is just joking or not. Currently, I don't feel like I
>> could tell for any board member.
>>
>>> I think most of the
>>> pending issues can be discussed and addressed by the board members.
>>
>> ​Yes, and that's absolutely necessary. The question is only if it
>> would be beneficial to have someone help with organization and a
>> neutral perspective (but Gert explained it much better already).
>>
>>> Being in Amsterdam, it would be great if we could meet up with
>>> Gert-Jan
>>> and other members of OSGeo.NL Local Chapter either prior to or after
>>> the board f2f to get their views and expectations about OSGeo
>>> Foundation.
>>
>> ​While that would be great, when exactly would you want to do that?
>> Maybe some members can stay longer but that certainly won't be the
>> case for everyone.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita
>>
>> ​
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