[Board] How about freezing agendas 1 week prior to the meeting?

[Jeff McKenna]

I confirm that "board(at)osgeo.org" is the same (public) as 
"board(at)lists.osgeo.org".  That is news to me too ha.  Sanghee you are 
good at evading my powerful e-mail client filters :)

-jeff



On 2015-10-16 5:57 AM, Sanghee Shin wrote:
> Wow!! I’m a born cracker!
>
> By the way is it a public board list or private? ha
>
> 신상희
> ---
> Shin, Sanghee
> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
> http://www.gaia3d.com
>
>> 2015. 10. 15., 오후 9:25, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> 작성:
>>
>> Sanghee, just to make sure you are aware, the public board list is "board(at)lists.osgeo.org", and private list is "board-priv(at)osgeo.org".    You seem to have found a workaround on all my hundreds of e-mail client filters and discovered that "board(at)osgeo.org" also works (?).  ha.
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2015-10-15 5:21 PM, Sanghee Shin wrote:
>>> I think 2 different issues are mixed here.
>>>
>>> 1. Some important items/agendas handed over to new board members who don’t know much about those.
>>>
>>> 2. For the future meeting, how to improve the meeting efficiency.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> 신상희
>>> ---
>>> Shin, Sanghee
>>> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
>>> http://www.gaia3d.com
>>>
>>>> 2015. 10. 15., 오후 9:18, Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com> 작성:
>>>>
>>>> I don't think that should just be for new board members
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> Michael Smith
>>>> OSGeo Foundation Treasurer
>>>> treasurer at osgeo.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/15/15,  4:14 PM, "Board on behalf of Jeff McKenna"
>>>> <board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org on behalf of jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Sanghee,
>>>>>
>>>>> I will try to do this, yes.  A lot of that is my fault, trying to fit
>>>>> everything in. Over the years it seems now that the community has
>>>>> matured we're dealing with tougher issues.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jody made a suggestion to me offline, of a short hangout (audio at
>>>>> least) just for new board members soon.  Would that help things?  I can
>>>>> explain more about topics that were thrown onto new board members, like
>>>>> infrastructure needs, roles, and give an opportunity to ask questions -
>>>>> during a meeting there is often little chance to ask questions.   Would
>>>>> that help?
>>>>>
>>>>> -jeff
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-10-15 5:00 PM, Sanghee Shin wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was my first time attending board meeting and I think we should do
>>>>>> something to improve meeting efficiency. It was too short to discuss
>>>>>> agendas and make decisions at the same time. I feel I've got too short
>>>>>> time/background infos to think over the items/agendas that was added at
>>>>>> the last minute.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I’d like to propose to freeze meeting agenda at least 1 week prior
>>>>>> to the meeting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Explanation/discussion about agenda should be done before the meeting
>>>>>> and we’d better focus on decision itself at the meeting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any idea on this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 신상희
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Shin, Sanghee
>>>>>> Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
>>>>>> http://www.gaia3d.com