[Board] Responding to emails

Tue May 5 23:40:44 PDT 2015

Hey Cameron,

my suggestions would be:

1) make it really clear what your deadline is for responses (maybe also use e-mail priority or something very visible in the subject in case of urgency)
2) make it clear if you need the board to vote on something (you can ask one of us to raise a motion) or you just need an opinion / opinions

In the case of opinions, I normally don’t respond to something a previous board member has said if I’m in general consent. If I disagree or have other points, I’ll chime in, but otherwise I’ll be silent.

Best regards,
Bart

> On 05 May 2015, at 22:43, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jeff, OSGeo Board,
> I'm finding it difficult to engage effectively with the OSGeo Board in a timely manner and am looking for suggestions on how to improve that.
> 
> Is the OSGeo-Board email list still the best forum to discuss ideas?
> Would it be easier if I wrote more concisely, and less often? (Try to increase signal-to-noise ratio)?
> Maybe limit to specific proposals: "I propose the OSGeo board support ..."?
> Maybe not ask as much of the OSGeo Board?
> 
> I'm asking following on from discussion about the Open LIDAR Letter, which had significant discussion, across a number of email lists, as well as private discussions. I'm hoping we can learn and improve.
> 
> Next, I'm hoping we can finalise an OSGeo Code of Conduct / Diversity Statement, and am interested to know whether board members want to be involved in this? I'm hoping that there is still sufficient energy to take this through to completion.
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Diversity>
> 
> On 5/05/2015 9:57 am, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Hi Jeff, as per below, I note that you prefer to discuss emails in public. I'm cool with that.
>> 
>> In this case, I emailed yourself, CC public board list. I followed up with a private reminder email as I thought you might have forgotten the email, or lost it in an email folder somewhere. (I note you are usually more responsive).
>> 
>> Thanks for responding with your thoughts. It helps to understand where you are coming from rather than guessing to know if you have received the email or not.
>> 
>> Regards, Cameron
>> 
>> 
>> On 5/05/2015 8:36 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>> As you already know (from now years of seeing me in this position), I don't send official e-mails on behalf of the entire OSGeo foundation because of some offlist pings; I request that we discuss next steps (if any?) for the Board, or that you made a request to the OSGeo Board for next steps, and we can discuss openly. 
>>> 
>>> -jeff 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 2015-04-28 5:56 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote: 
>>>> Hi Jeff, 
>>>> Thanks for adding the cover letter to the LiDAR Open Letter. 
>>>> 
>>>> The second part of this motion was for the OSGeo President to email the 
>>>> letter to the OGC, ESRI and ASPRS. (Suggested email addresses are toward 
>>>> the bottom of this email thread). 
>>>> 
>>>> Would you mind CCing a public archived email list (probably the board 
>>>> list) so that we have an official record of the Open Letter being 
>>>> delivered. (Alternatively, you can forward, or notify the list instead). 
>>>> 
>>>> Hopefully any response you receive will also be sent to the public list. 
>>>> If not, can you please ask if you can share the response publicly. 
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers, 
>>>> Cameron   
>> 
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter,
>> Software and Data Solutions Manager
>> LISAsoft
>> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
>> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
>> 
>> P +61 2 9009 5000,  W www.lisasoft.com <http://www.lisasoft.com/>,  F +61 2 9009 5099
> 
> -- 
> Cameron Shorter,
> Software and Data Solutions Manager
> LISAsoft
> Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
> 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
> 
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