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

Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
Sun May 10 12:37:53 PDT 2015


Hi,

I'll come with friends by car for the workshop sessions, it is still open,
whether we leave after or before sprint

Thanks for organising and sorry, for being quiet for this time

J

so 9. 5. 2015 v 16:45 odesílatel Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
napsal:

> Hi Gérald,
>
> You have made a really great point, that we shouldn't sacrifice our time
> with fellow project members in the sprint.
>
> It is hard to find a moment in any FOSS4G event.  The day after the code
> sprint will, we must realize, be a travel day, where most of us will
> begin our trek home.  Then through the week, many board members have
> workshops to prepare, talks each day, so I believe meeting in the
> morning will be difficult as well.
>
> How about meeting for 2 hours at the end of the last day of talks, on
> Friday 17 July (the day before the sprint).  I imagine the program will
> end around 4pm, and we can find a room for the Board meeting.  Our
> dinner might be delayed a little, but I believe this time could work for
> everyone.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-05-08 7:50 AM, Fenoy Gerald wrote:
> > Dear Board,
> > even if I agree with Jeff that a 4h meeting can be a start, I would like
> to mention that I don't like the idea to spend that time during the
> FOSS4G-E itself, else it means that we sacrifice the time we can spend in
> real life with the community to discuss together. I am not sure this is
> what we want but by planning the board meeting at the same time as the Code
> Sprint make the board not available during the Code Sprint. At least half
> the Code Sprint, I'm not confortable with this. So I would appreciate if we
> can plan the face to face board meeting the day after or before the
> FOSS4G-E. I think it is preferable to not have any overlap with the
> conference.
> >
> > In other case, we may also plan to come early in the morning each day of
> the conference and have multiple 1h meetings from 7:30 to 8:30 for example.
> There are many options ... but this last offer 6h of meeting.
> >
> > Hope to hear back from you,
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >> Le 7 mai 2015 à 22:28, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> a
> écrit :
> >>
> >> 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 :
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Board,
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> What are your thoughts?
> >>>>
> >>>> Once we decide on a day and length etc, I can draft an agenda on the
> wiki.
> >>>>
> >>>> -jeff
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >> ________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Board mailing list
> Board at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/attachments/20150510/c7ba7030/attachment.htm>


More information about the Board mailing list