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

[Jorge Sanz]

2015-05-07 22:28 GMT+02:00 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>:
> 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
>
>

12 to 16 is OK to me Jeff.

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