[Board] Thoughts on Board face-to-face at FOSS4G-Europe

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Gérald, Jorge, Mike, Bart, all,

It may surprise some, but I've done some thinking on this and I realize 
from my experience that FOSS4G plus long meetings don't mix (everyone is 
too hectic, too exhausted, too everything that week).  So in fact I was 
going to propose a half day only, with even a hard end time.  So a 4 
hour meeting block only, with a very specific agenda outlined and worked 
on before together, on the wiki.

Is that enough time for the OSGeo Board to handle all issues? Of course 
not, as I believe we could fill a 5 day 'board sprint' block very 
easily.  But, 4 hours together will be a start.  And we can always think 
of a Part2 of the meeting in Seoul, or another date(s).

A half day would let some Board members attend the code sprint and 
contribute as well.

There could be some challenges of start time (zones) if some members are 
remote.

So, well, do others agree with this idea?  Or, if you are -1 then please 
suggest an alternative.

-jeff




On 2015-05-07 9:56 AM, Fenoy Gerald wrote:
> Dear Jeff, dear Board Members,
> I will be in Como for the FOSS4G-E and I’m open to propositions to have a face-2-face board meeting.
>
> Nevertheless, I would like to know if we speak about a one hour meeting or a longer one. I remember we were discussing about a longer one too.
>
> Anyway, we may start by asking who will attend the FOSS4G-E in Como from the Board Members.
>
> Hope to hear back from you,
> Best regards
>
>> Le 7 mai 2015 à 15:06, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> a écrit :
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>> Hi Board,
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>> There's been some offlist mentions of meeting as a Board at FOSS4G-E in Como in July, which, I believe does make sense.  Of course any FOSS4G is super busy, so if we are interested in meeting as a board we should likely start planning.  Please share your thoughts on this.
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>> For myself, I will be helping with a pre-conference event in Como, I'm guessing that it runs for the few days before the main event; but I'm thinking that directly after FOSS4G-E, 18th July (the code sprint day), could be the most possible day to meet for everyone.
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>> What are your thoughts?
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>> Once we decide on a day and length etc, I can draft an agenda on the wiki.
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>> -jeff
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