[Web Comm] Should we have a meeting soon?

[Daniel Brookshier]

I'm fine for 7 CST too. (sorry reading email out of order today)
Daniel Brookshier
Community Manager
214-207-6614

On Mar 7, 2006, at 12:05 PM, Jason Birch wrote:

> I'd prefer 7pm CST (5PST and 8EST) if possible.  The kids are in after
> school activities until 6 on tue/thu so 5-6 PST works well for me.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Brookshier [mailto:dbrookshier at collab.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 09:58
> To: dev at webcommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Web Comm] Should we have a meeting soon?
>
> Yes indeed, it is time for a meeting. It has been a busy few days  
> and I
> really appreciate the take action attitude once I passed out the keys.
>
> My week is free except for this afternoon and Wed night, but  
> tonight is
> ok. Friday is the next board meeting, so I'd like to meet before then.
>
> How is everyone for tonight at 8pm CST? That's 6PST and 9EST.
>
> Daniel Brookshier
> Community Manager
> 214-207-6614
>
> On Mar 7, 2006, at 10:59 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
>
>> Fred Warnock wrote:
>>> Some of the things I would like to know and discuss are as follows
>>> 1) when are people able to actively work on the site? days(s) and
>>> time(s)
>>> 2) how often should we have regular meetings?
>>>  - Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly?
>>>  - best time seems to be in the evening 7 or 8 until 8 or 9 (lets
>>> keep them to an hour at the most)
>>> 3) how should we conduct our meetings?
>>>  - we should have a clear agenda, at the very least we should  
>>> come to
>
>>> those meetings with a list of issues that need to be discussed
>>>  - I think each time, someone should "chair" the meeting to keep us
>>> on topic and on time
>>>  - I also think someone should "record" the meeting as a list of
>>> assigned tasks, or issues etc. in a wiki.  This person could also be
>>> the "chair"
>>
>> Fred,
>>
>> Indeed, WebCom is a formal committee of the foundation and so it
>> should be doing some things in a business-like manner.  Formal
>> meetings should be chaired, and minuted.  Some sorts of things should
>> be handled as proper minuted motions, such as changes to the
>> membership
>> of WebCom, adopted procedures and policies and so forth.   A much  
>> more
>> informal decision making process is fine for day to day stuff like
>> "should we change this page to add such and such an item".
>>
>>> 4) what are our priorities?
>>> 5) what do people want to tackle?
>>> 6) how do we deal with suggestions?
>>
>> 4-6: Good questions!
>>
>>> 7) should we nominate a "lead" from our number?  Does Frank become
>>> our "lead" as he's on the board? Is Daniel our "lead" since he's our
>>> community manager... I ask this since I work much better when a  
>>> clear
>
>>> lead is established
>>
>> The motion forming WebCom designated DanielB as chair.  I am not
>> formally a member, though I will remain on the mailing list piping up
>> with suggestions sometimes and hope to sit in on some meetings.  If
>> you wish to select a new chair, you would need to pass a motion
>> recommending a change to the board.  The chair of WebCom is formally
>> an "officer" of the foundation and has reporting responsibility back
>> to the board, and is expected to maintain good order within WebCom.
>>
>>> 8) site design ideas and organization.  Jason I know you are already
>>> discussing this on the list, but a discussion could be useful to get
>>> "buy in"
>>> 9) Protocol with what we can decide on the list and what should be
>>> decided in meetings
>>
>> Right.  You need to set out some policies on this sort of thing, and
>> publish these policies on http://webcommittee.osgeo.org.
>>
>>> btw, I've been reading a project management book lately called
>>> "Applied Software Project Management"... I don't normally talk like
>>> this ;)
>>
>> I went through a heavy-duty project management and process  
>> development
>
>> phase when I was at PCI.  I'm afraid I've largely reverted back to
>> seat-of-the-pants hacker since then.  It is a good thing to expose
>> yourself too though!
>>
>> Best regards,
>> --
>> ---------------------------------------
>> +--------------------------------------
>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam,
>> warmerdam at pobox.com
>> light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam
>> and watch the world go round - Rush    | President OSGF, http://
>> osgeo.org
>>
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