On Sat, Nov 08, 2014 at 07:00:18PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote:
> Can we start with just informal meetings then, and see how that goes?
> 
> I can schedule a Jenkins job that sends an email every first of the
> month, or every first monday of the month, etc. Whatever you guys
> think is nice.

First Monday would probably be easier for folks to include in their
schedules.  Thanks for coordinating the meetings.
 
> Ciao,
>   Johan
> 
> 
> On 30-10-2014 11:31, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> >On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 07:41:14PM +0100, Johan Engelen wrote:
> >>I remember Martin's "board-aggravation" email pretty well, and (if
> >>perhaps by the wrong method) it made me realize that I, we, the
> >>board, should take our responsibilities more seriously (or should
> >>step down if I don't want that).
> >>
> >>For me, regular meetings could help reach timely responses or
> >>decisions. I think it will help underline the responsibilities as a
> >>board member, especially now that we start looking into funded
> >>development.
> >
> >Ok, back to the topic of meetings.
> >
> >I completely agree with you that the "board-aggrevation" emails were a
> >wake-up call that we weren't doing that great of a job.  To be fair, up
> >until that point the demands had also been fairly modest, and we were
> >all pretty inexperienced.
> >
> >To me, the take-away was not a lack of meetings, but a lack of
> >leadership.  And that was my fault.  I vowed to step it up, and help
> >move us forward on some of the various needs at hand.  It's a ton of
> >work we need though, and my freetime is pretty sparse, so it's been a
> >slow slog.  But I've been driving ever forward through the list, and
> >haven't any intention of stopping.
> >
> >With all this said, if folks still think regular (non-mandatory)
> >meetings are worthwhile, I'm open to giving it a go.  Either formal ones
> >(with agendas, minutes and action items) or just informal
> >brainstorming/bull sessions.  Whichever structure, someone will need to
> >take the duty of sending reminders (else I'll guarantee they won't stay
> >very 'regular'), and you'll need to make sure the discussions are logged
> >and posted publically.
> >
> >Bryce
> >

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