Re: [gentoo-dev] Agenda [WAS: One-Day Gentoo Council Reminder for June]

[Denis Dupeyron]

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o> wrote:
> The idea behind posting to the list in advance is twofold -- holding
> council members accountable for:
>
>  1) Knowing the relevant information, and
>
>  2) Participating in the source discussion if they have anything new to
>    add, rather than bringing it up during the meeting.
>
> What we don't want is people speaking up at the meeting with previously
> unheard opinions or asking about already discussed topics, either of
> which often create prolonged discussions.
>
> The alternative to posting in advance is that you agree with an opinion
> that's already out there and will not bring up anything new during the
> meeting. That's my interpretation of people not posting, and that's
> perfectly fine.
>
> In the future, every council meeting should become little more than a
> time to hold a vote on predefined options for each topic. In fact, if we
> could get that far, we might not even need live meetings at all anymore
> It could all be on-list, or even using votify.

This is going into an interesting direction. Another thing I'd like to
see is rather than simply postponing a decision, making sure the
reason(s) for the postponing do(es) not exist any more for the next
meeting or in a given time. The method usually includes making someone
responsible for solving the issue (in our case somebody will need to
volunteer), making sure that person can and will dedicate enough time,
making sure (s)he will have have access to the necessary people or
tools, etc... It's classic problem solving methodology, and I'm sure
you, Donnie, can much better elaborate on this. I don't think we need
to formalize this, but like your proposition of how to efficiently
conduct a meeting it's just a sane habit to acquire.

Denis.
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