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