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

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

On 12/22/2015 11:15 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> Before I was a board member, I attended the F2F meeting in Seattle (before
> the OSGeo Code Sprint at Islandwood), so I would say that anyone who
> wanted to attend the F2F should be welcome to attend also.
When I attended the first board f2f in  Lausanne, non-board members were 
asked to
leave the meeting.

Venka
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Board <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of "Gert-Jan van der
> Weijden (OSGeo.nl)" <gert-jan at osgeo.nl>
> Organization: Stichting OSGeo.nl
> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at 9:12 AM
> To: Anita Graser <anitagraser at gmx.at>, <raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> Cc: <board at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Board] f2f preparations: meet&greet with Dutch OSGeo board
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>> 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
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>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Gert-Jan
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>> 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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