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Denis Dupeyron wrote: |
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> I also propose that we go back to moderating the council channel |
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> during meetings, and that we give +v very carefully. |
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I like some of the suggestions to have forum polls in place of scheduled |
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council meetings. If you do want to have a scheduled meeting, why not aim |
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to have 10-15 minute meetings. The channel would be moderated, the |
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moderator would present the next agenda item, and council members would |
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vote. Council members could read items into the minutes if desired. |
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When I've read council minutes in the past they seem like they tend to |
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ramble on. Sometimes I see a minute pass between posts. It seems like the |
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fact that the meetings are so long means that people end up having the |
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council on in the background while they do real life in the foreground. |
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Maybe when they pull up to a traffic light they type in another line on |
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their smartphone or something. |
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Why not try to have most of the content/discussion happen on mailing lists, |
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or irc as needed. The formal meeting time would be the time to formalize |
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the decisions that effectively have already been made. |
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After the conclusion of official business those who are able to could stick |
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around to chat/discuss more items, and moderation could be opened up at |
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some point. However, council members who have pressing matters would be |
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free to leave at the conclusion of official business. |
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I do like the idea of having a place where council members can "hang out" |
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and be available to devs for discussion. Certainly this doen't need to be |
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an on-duty assignment - just a place where people can go and be likely to |
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find council members. That could be email/irc/forums or whatever. |
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I'm also in favor of getting rid of slacker marks (by all means publish |
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attendence records - but don't take automatic action). The whole re-elect |
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the council after two months because the meeting times weren't clear thing |
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last year was a real waste of time/mandate. By all means have some |
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mechanism for recall if a council member suddenly stops showing up to |
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meetings. Maybe a petition signed by x developers, or a majority vote of |
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the council to start a votify poll for a recall. Any recall decision |
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should be ratified by the developer population of course, and council |
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members remain in office until kicked out. |