On Sun, 2008-06-08 at 13:41 +0100, Alex Howells wrote:
[snip]
> I often don't agree with him, but can't help but respect the work he does.
> 
> I would like to see Council move towards a more compressed meeting
> format -- people presenting arguments need to work out their stuff
> before bringing it up in the meeting, and to allow for quick
> turn-around of decisions I'd suggest fortnightly meetings which are
> time-limited to 60 minutes each.  A prioritized schedule determines
> which order we deal with issues in and anything not getting attention
> is bumped 2 weeks, with the priority adjusted if necessary to ensure
> it gets attention then.
> 
> Each issue should be limited to between 5-20 minutes. If people can't
> get through the politics and debate in the allotted time then it
> should either get bumped 2 weeks and given another 5-20 minutes, or we
> should table a special meeting to allow a full 60-90 minutes *just* to
> decide that one issue and nothing else.
> 
> Sitting around in #gentoo-council for 3-4 hours every month isn't
> conducive to progress, it's going to make people get tired/bored and
> not pay proper attention and/or not bother to turn up, which just
> leads to elections. Endless cycle?

++ From me on this one. If I were elected to the Council, I would do my
best to get this happening.

welp

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