[OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] board f2f planning / prep

Wed Dec 16 14:26:46 PST 2015

Cameron:

I like the approach with email lists from a social dynamic point of view.

As a community member / project lead I moved to the board list several
years ago to cut down on the noise. It was important to safe
guard my time and board offered a higher signal to noise ratio.

Still steering discussion to discuss and voting to the board lists is a
solid idea :)

--
Jody Garnett

On 16 December 2015 at 12:07, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OSGeo Board,
> For the Board Face to Face meeting, I suggest asking the OSGeo community
> for ideas to put on the OSGeo board agenda.
>
> One topic I think worth adding to [1] is:
>
> "Re-engaging with the OSGeo Community"
>
> My gut feeling is that over the years email activity and new ideas has
> gradually reduced on OSGeo-Discuss email list, and gradually increased on
> the OSGeo-Board email list. (I'd love to find some evidenced based research
> to confirm or deny this).
>
> If this is true, it would imply that OSGeo is moving from a grass roots,
> community empowered organisation, where the board's main role is validating
> community ideas, toward a hierachical organisation where the board is
> driving the OSGeo agenda.
>
> Personally, I think a grass roots organisation structure is more
> effective, and more in line with OSGeo's founding principles.
>
> I suggest a starting point could be to discuss ideas on OSGeo-Discuss by
> default, then move to the board list to vote.
> Another idea worth building upon is inviting the OSGeo Charter members to
> vote on key topics occasionally in order to help the board gauge community
> sentiment.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron Shorter
>
>
> On 16/12/2015 9:48 pm, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Like Maxi, I don't see the need for an external facilitator. Anyway, the
>> meeting agenda is extremely important. Let's start working on that. The
>> wiki page for the meeting [1] already include the general topics. Please
>> add your specific topics and let's try to allocate a time frame for each
>> topic.
>>
>> Best,
>> Vasile
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016
>>
>> On 12/16/15 9:42 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> personally i don't think we need any facilitator to have a F2F meeting
>>> between few people.
>>>
>>> Before taking any action in this direction I request to be discussed and
>>> eventually voted.
>>>
>>> best
>>> Maxi
>>>
>>> 2015-12-16 8:05 GMT+01:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>>     I have not seen the agenda for f2f meeting yet.
>>>
>>>     Personally I would prefer it focus on longer term strategy then our
>>>     usual month to month IRC meetings.
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>     On 15 December 2015 at 22:51, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting
>>>     OSGeo.nl <gert-jan at osgeo.nl <mailto:gert-jan at osgeo.nl>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hi Jody and others, ____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         Actually I have had (informal) contact with 2 process
>>>         facilitators, who might be willing to take this (paid) role.____
>>>
>>>         Some instant remarks on this:____
>>>
>>>         - do you need a facilitator just for the weekend or also for the
>>>         preparations (to be honest, the f2f agenda so far seems to focus
>>>         on practical issues, not on the agenda itself)____
>>>
>>>         - is the goal of the f2f to define a OSGeo strategy for the next
>>>         few years, or about "how to run an not-for-profit organisation".
>>>         ____
>>>
>>>         - or is it even -given Jeff's resigning- more about how to run a
>>>         Board with different persons, cultures, ideas (which might
>>>         require a more mediator-like facilitator)____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         Or just someone who takes the notes, makes sure the coffee is at
>>>         the right temperature etc.____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         Kind regards, ____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         Gert-Jan____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         *Van:*Board [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
>>>         <mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] *Namens *Jody Garnett
>>>         *Verzonden:* woensdag 16 december 2015 02:13
>>>         *Aan:* board at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:board at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>         *Onderwerp:* [Board] board f2f planning / prep____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         One interesting idea on the discuss list (from Gert-Jan) was
>>>         inviting an external party to act as an "independant process
>>>         facilitator". Given we have very few days and a lot to cover I
>>>         would like to pursue this idea.____
>>>
>>>         __ __
>>>
>>>         This is one of those things that is difficult to arrange from
>>>         afar - do we have any contacts (say with the local OSGeo
>>>         community) who would be in position to offer a recomendation?____
>>>
>>>         --____
>>>
>>>         Jody Garnett____
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>>>
>>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14____
>>>
>>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09____
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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