Hi,

2009/12/7 M.-A. Lemburg <[email protected]>:
> Michael Foord wrote:
>> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>> Michael Foord wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll need 'official' approval from the Python-dev crew, but it was
>>>> discussed previously and no-one was against the idea and lots in favour.
>>>> There was also talk of a PSF meeting but I'm not sure if there are
>>>> enough PSF members in Europe.
>>>>
>>>
>>> There are a number of PSF members in Europe, but not enough to
>>> get a quorum.

I'm not sure that a physical presence quorum is necessary. In PSF
discussions earlier this year (in response to a suggest to hold a PSF
meeting at EP) the argument was made (by a US member) that it was not
necessary to hold a PSF members' meeting outside the US as non-US
members can attend and vote virtually. He missed the irony that this
argument can be made the other way round, ie as a reason that holding
meetings outside the US can work fine.

John
--

>>> Still, I believe that having a public meeting without
>>> voting would make a good case for the PSF's goal of getting
>>> more non-US supporters into the boat.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> What would be the purpose and agenda of the meeting? In principle I
>> agree it would be good - nice to get Europe more active in the PSF - but
>> what would we do?
>
> Discuss a few topics we've recently talked about on the mailing
> list. Then write up a summary to post on the mailing list.
>
> Whether this can be made a public event or not depends a bit
> on the content that gets discussed at the meeting.
>
> Alternatively, we could have an informal and public Q&A
> session.
>
>> If it's just a public q+a on the PSF then we could
>> propose it as a talk.
>
> We already had talks about the PSF this year. The problem with
> talks is that they are mostly unidirectional. IMHO, a less formal
> approach would lower the bar to get people interested in
> attending such a session.
>
> --
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