[OSGeo-Conf] Advice on Comments vs. Questions

[Lorenzo Becchi]

good advice, I agree

lorenzo

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

> Eric,
> In responding to Lorenzo's recent questions about foss4g 2010, Paul and I
>  noted that as FOSS4G chair, you will regularly have relatively high impact
> decisions to make, with no clear obvious answer, and many conflicting
> community opinions.
>
> It will be your job to make decisions quickly and efficiently, consulting
> the LOC and communities where appropriate, but not spending lots of the
> communities time making a decision.
> Your committee will be much more effective working on getting things done.
>
> So my advice is:
> 1. Only turn to the community for a decision if you will gain value from
> multiple opinions. This will quite often start from a community suggestion.
>
> 2. If you turn to the community for a decision, be very clear about the
> question you ask, and the action that will happen as a consequence of the
> decison, and a deadline for when the decision will be made.
> Eg:
> "LOC, I'm looking to determine whether we have 1 or 2 days or workshops,
> following on from comments by ... and ... . Please state your opinion and
> why. I intend to make a call on this in a week's time, on 6 May."
>
>
>
>
> On 29/05/10 06:25, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>
>> Eric,
>>
>> I think you've done an excellent job in answering our questions and
>> listening to our advice.  I agree that we are overwhelming you with
>> questions.
>>
>> I don't see or have any show stoppers.  I think we can call the public
>> question period over, and I am sure you will bring our concerns and
>> suggestions to the rest of the Denver LOC.
>>
>> If any other conference committee member has a concern/question about the
>> Denver bid, you can email me directly this weekend and I will compile the
>> addition questions for the Denver team.  I hope this can alleviate the
>> pressure on you Eric.
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric Wolf wrote:
>>
>>> Conference Committee members:
>>>
>>> I am beginning to feel a little overwhelmed managing comments and
>>> questions. I would like some advice. I am prioritizing questions. Should I
>>> attempt responding to comments?
>>>
>>> Can you separate out questions that you specifically feel need addressed
>>> to help you make a final decision?
>>>
>>> I ask this because I am beginning to think we would be best served by
>>> basically tossing out the preliminary budget and program from the proposal.
>>> The effort involved in resolving individual questions is likely greater than
>>> building from scratch together. That is, instead of refactoring the existing
>>> code, it's time for a rewrite.
>>>
>>>
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